Burlington School District Raises Black Lives Matter Flags at All Schools

Black Lives Matter flags are being raised at Burlington Public Schools, as a commitment to stand for equality and to reject racism and discrimination. All of the students have one message in common, that Black Lives Matter.

{snip} At C.P. Smith Elementary school students shared anti-racist commitments they wrote.

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Superintendent of Burlington schools, Tom Flanagan said it was important to raise the flags.

“We have systemic racism in our nation and this is a way to publicly show, for me as a white man to publicly show my support for people of color and to show that I stand with them,” Flanagan said.

The schools are putting an emphasis on learning anti-racism at a young age.

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