Parents say school principal ‘humiliated’ their son, barred him from delivering patriotic election speech Fox News
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AssemblymanBillEssayliwastryingtoforceavotebutwascutoff.(Video:BillEssayli/YouTube)
TheparentsofaHuntingtonBeach,Californiamiddle-schoolstudentarecallingontheirson’sprincipaltobefiredaftertheysayhewasdiscriminatedagainstoverhisbeliefs.
SaintBonaventureCatholicSchoolstudentJimmyHeyward,whowasrunningfor“CommissionerofSchoolSpirit&Patriotism,”was“completelyhumiliated”afterprincipalMaryFlockbarredhimfromgivinghisspeechataschoolelectionrally,hisparentssay.
Heyward’smother,HattieRuggles,claimshersonwastoldtoremove“allpartsaboutpatriotism”fromhiscampaignspeechorhewouldnotbeallowedtodeliveritbeforetheschoolassembly.Inthespeech,thestudenttalksabouttheimportanceofshowingrespecttoveterans,andpayingattentionduringtheNationalAnthemorwhenrecitingthePledgeofAllegiance.
“Jimmystooduptoherandsaidhewasn’tgoingtotakethep
