The policy, as I understand it, refers to flag poles on the outside of school buildings.” Superintendent Sandra Montanez-Diodonet says: So will these be torn down by the district? Apparently not. Transgender kids attempt suicide at a rate almost six times greater than straight kids. Statistics show gay kids are three and a half times more likely to attempt suicide than straight kids. Gay students there are thrilled, some saying they don’t receive support or understanding at home and this means the world to them to at least be accepted there. Now as Pride Month begins, almost every window on the front of Passaic Preparatory Academy is covered in rainbows. Students say teachers have been supportive. The principal has allowed students to start putting rainbow banners in windows instead. That student group led a demonstration on March 29 and there’s talk of another one happening during Pride Month. The Gay Straight Alliance called the policy discriminatory. The new policy stated only the American flag, state flag and school flag could be flown and nothing else. The policy changed this year because the school had concerns more and more special interest groups would demand their flag representing their particular cause be flown.
