Nicolet High School administrators alerted parents Wednesday to what they called a “derogatory and offensive demonstration” involving a Confederate flag inside a classroom.Parents said a student showed up to school with the flag and announced during an English class that it was white privilege day.Police were called to the school, and the student was suspended.Nicolet High School Principal Gregory Kabara sent an email to parents, letting them know what happened.“This action disrupted the class and upset many students. While district policy allows for students to initiate conversation about a controversial issue, it must be presented in the ordinary course of classroom instruction and cannot be disruptive to the educational setting. The student's actions were a clear violation of this policy,” Kabara’s statement read in part.Graduating senior Hannah McBride said the student’s action is an incorrect depiction of students at Nicolet High School.“I think it’s a really terrible thing to happen for our school,” McBride said. “I don’t think it’s an accurate representation of the student body at Nicolet.”She said the student should have exercised better judgment.“The student should have known better,” McBride said.Kabara said the incident has been taken seriously by school administrators and is under investigation. School personnel are being made available for students to talk with about the incident, he said.

Nicolet High School administrators alerted parents Wednesday to what they called a “derogatory and offensive demonstration” involving a Confederate flag inside a classroom.

Parents said a student showed up to school with the flag and announced during an English class that it was white privilege day.



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Police were called to the school, and the student was suspended.



Nicolet High School Principal Gregory Kabara sent an email to parents, letting them know what happened.



“This action disrupted the class and upset many students. While district policy allows for students to initiate conversation about a controversial issue, it must be presented in the ordinary course of classroom instruction and cannot be disruptive to the educational setting. The student's actions were a clear violation of this policy,” Kabara’s statement read in part.



Graduating senior Hannah McBride said the student’s action is an incorrect depiction of students at Nicolet High School.



“I think it’s a really terrible thing to happen for our school,” McBride said. “I don’t think it’s an accurate representation of the student body at Nicolet.”



She said the student should have exercised better judgment.



“The student should have known better,” McBride said.



Kabara said the incident has been taken seriously by school administrators and is under investigation. School personnel are being made available for students to talk with about the incident, he said.

