{"id":7989,"date":"2024-03-27T19:16:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2024-03-27T19:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:17:23","slug":"teen-quits-his-school-after-administrators-told-him-to-remove-the-flags-from-his-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7989","title":{"rendered":"Teen Quits His School After Administrators Told Him To Remove The Flags From His Truck!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager in Virginia has opted for homeschooling after a dispute with high school officials over two large American flags displayed on his truck. Christopher Hartless, a student at Staunton River High School, believes he\u2019s exercising his First Amendment right by displaying the flags and refuses to take them down.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began when school officials demanded that Hartless remove the two American flags mounted on the back of his truck. They argued that the flags were a distraction to other students. <\/p>\n<p>However, Hartless and his stepmom, Christina Kingery, are standing their ground, asserting that the flags are a symbol of their family\u2019s connection to the country. Hartless stated in an interview with Fox 19 in Virginia, \u201cMy family fought for America, and I feel like I should be able to represent the flags that they fought for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virginia family pulls son out of school after controversy over large American flags on his truck\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NUPg8gx5iSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager in Virginia has opted for homeschooling after a dispute with high school officials over two large American flags displayed on his truck. Christopher Hartless, a student at Staunton River High School, believes he\u2019s exercising his First Amendment right by displaying the flags and refuses to take them down. The controversy began when school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7990,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7989\/revisions\/7990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}