Civil rights leaders contacted the ED after a photo emerged of a student wearing a large Confederate Army battle flag as a cape during May spirit week at Queen Creek High School.
“I found it to be offensive,” Civil Rights Activist Rev. Jarrett Maupin told KTVK. “I think many in the community did and the department responded.”
In its letter to Maupin, the ED wrote that it would “determine the remedy, including moderating conversations between school administrators and civil rights community leaders to shape new policy and racism prevention measures.”
But the department said that that investigation would not include the Confederate flag display, and that the scope would “be limited to whether a racially hostile environment was created due to language and actions that were not protected by the First Amendment.”
