The parents of a middle school student at St. Bonaventure Catholic School in Huntington Beach, California, allege that school principal Mary Flock would not let their student read his patriot speech.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Heyward was set to deliver the speech at a forum for candidates for \u201cCommissioner of School Spirit and Patriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n
His mother shared the details on a Change.org petition<\/a> that is calling for Flock\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n According to the petition, Jimmy patterned his campaign around \u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d slogan.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Principal, Mary Flock, told him he needed to make changes to his speech,\u201d the mother wrote. \u201cShe wanted everything in his speech regarding patriotism to be removed, even though \u2018Patriotism\u2019 was a part of the position\u2019s title that he was running for. Ms Flock said that if he did not remove ALL parts about patriotism, he would not be able to read his speech with the rest of the candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n In his speech, Jimmy shares his love for America and how it is \u201can honor\u201d to live in the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cI can promise to make pep rallies great again,\u201d he concluded. \u201cI will make the school spirit great again. I will make patriotism within SBS great again. And mostly, I will make SBS great again.\u201d<\/p>\n The mother continued, \u201cJimmy stood up to her and said he wasn\u2019t going to take the parts about patriotism out of his speech. \u00a0[Mrs. Flock] then told him he would not be speaking. Jimmy sat on stage with all the other candidates while they said their speeches.\u201d<\/p>\n According to his mother, when Jimmy refused to alter his speech, \u00a0the principal \u201cdirected the kids hosting the rally to skip Jimmy entirely,\u201d and her son \u201cwas on the stage for an hour in front of his peers\/teachers\/parents being completely humiliated by Mary Flock.\u201d<\/p>\n When Jimmy\u2019s father expressed his concern with the decision, school administrators told him to leave or they would call someone to make him leave.<\/p>\n The principal then proceeded to call the police, who, after hearing the story, told him he was free to stay and watch the rest of the event.<\/p>\n Jimmy\u2019s parents are calling for Flock to step down through the Change.org petition. The petition had a goal of 1,500 signatures and has reached over 6,000.<\/p>\n And while Ms. Flock hoped to keep people from hearing Jimmy\u2019s speech, it has more than four million views on X.<\/p>\n You can watch Jimmy\u2019s speech here:<\/p>\n This is Jimmy. A middle schooler in California. He ran for \u201cCommissioner of School Spirit & Patriotism\u201d at school.<\/p>\n His principal allegedly made him change his speech and remove all mention of patriotism. When he refused, she reportedly didn\u2019t allow him to give the speech and he\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/25IaDjP5Zw<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n After news of Ms. Flock\u2019s decision went viral, she briefly deleted her account on X.<\/p>\n UPDATE: The principal Mary Flock deleted her X account. There\u2019s also now a petition to remove her from her position as principal. https:\/\/t.co\/VYiFQ6RUIs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7rNShg90pk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n Once she reinstated her account, she blocked Libs of TikTok, who shared her questionable decision.<\/p>\n UPDATE: The principal reinstated her account, changed her username, and blocked me. Almost like how she blocked a little kid from giving a patriotic speech. pic.twitter.com\/CFgQ1fYnzy<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post California Catholic Middle School Bars Student\u2019s \u201cMAGA -Styled\u201d Patriotic Speech (Video)<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The parents of a middle school student at St. Bonaventure Catholic School in Huntington Beach, California, allege that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n