Photo Of Foreign Flag In Classroom Draws Flap From Denver Community

• Denver Will Allow Non-U.S. Flags In School

The controversy that erupted after a Mexican flag was shown hanging in one of the city's high schools has led officials to draft a policy protecting the display foreign flags in schools. The guidelines, which are still being written, will allow flags of other countries to be temporarily displayed if they are related to what is being taught in the classroom, school superintendent Jerry Wartgow said Thursday. The district got complaints from people upset by a photograph in the Rocky Mountain News showing a Mexican flag displayed in a social studies classroom at North High School on the first day of classes this week. "It's a school for God's sake. That's where you study countries," he said. [more ]