Students ticketed for trying to raise Mexican flag at school - Austin, Texas

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Posted on: October 10th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ]

“Several Austin High School students were given tickets when they tried to raise a flag up the school’s flagpole — not the American flag, but the Mexican flag.

On September 15, a group of students say they just wanted to display their cultural pride. But school administrators say they broke the rules.”

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