Parents and residents in surrounding communities showed up at the Sunol Glen Unified School District Board meeting on Tuesday night with opposing views on a topic that has garnered attention throughout the Bay Area - the ban of special interest flags on campus.
The board on Sept. 12 voted in favor of the ban in a 2-1 vote. There are only three members on the board: board president Ryan Jergensen, Linda Hurley and Ted Romo. On Tuesday night, there were a few resolutions on the table, including one that would repeal and rescind their decision from Sept. 12. Romo read the resolution and because there was no second motion, the board moved onto the next thing on the agenda.
he felt like the music was disrupting older people who can't hear well. Grant doesn't have a connection to Sunol Glen School but attended the meeting because he wanted to show support for the flag ban. 'You don't need children to be going through this,' Grant said. 'The children need to learn what's going on with American history and world history, mathematics. We don't need to be worrying about flags.'Parents who have kids at the school also showed up.
asked Jergensen about that. 'They're trying to put words in our mouth. That's not anything that we've been trying to push or say publicly,' Jergensen said. He also said he and his family have been receiving threats. 'I've had threats on my life, my children's life, my wife's life,' he said. 'Even people in person at our school protesting and harassing my four children that come to this school.
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