11-year-old Florida boy arrested for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance

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44. Case still has to play out, but here's a bit of clarity from a local source....

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Lakeland 11-year-old arrested for confrontation after refusal to stand for Pledge
By Kimberly C. Moore @KMooreTheLedger
Posted Feb 15, 2019 at 6:08 PM Updated Feb 16, 2019 at 5:46 AM

Read more: https://www.theledger.com/news/20190215/lakeland-11-year-old-arrested-for-confrontation-after-refusal-to-stand-for-pledge
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Polk County Public Schools spokesman Kyle Kennedy said the sixth-grader “was arrested after becoming disruptive and refusing to follow repeated instructions by school staff and law enforcement.” Kennedy said he wanted to make it clear that the student was not arrested for refusing to participate in the pledge.

“Students are not required to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance,” Kennedy said.

Gary Gross, a spokesman for the Lakeland Police Department, said he could not legally comment because the case involved a minor charged with a misdemeanor.
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District officials said the teacher’s name is Ana Alvarez. Kennedy said she was not aware of district policy regarding the pledge as voluntary.
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Kennedy said he could not discuss the student’s discipline. He said Alvarez will no longer serve as a substitute in Polk County Public Schools and that they will be reviewing their training policy with the outside agency that handles hiring substitute teachers. “Our HR department will contact Kelly Services, which provides our substitutes, to further refine how our substitutes are trained,” Kennedy said.

More should be announced about this case in coming days......