BOY BROKE FREE AND RAN TO HIS MOTHER.
THE MAN FLED IN AN SUV.
>>> THERE IS AN UPROAR ON THIS
SECOND NIGHT OF PLIED MONTH.
>> A DAY AFTER A SIGN WAS PLACED
ON LAWN THIS DINE DEPICTING THE
PRIDE FLAG WAS REMOVED.
WHAT CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS
ARE TO GO TO GET IT BACK.
>> THIS SOMETHING THAT’S REAL.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S ONC.
IN WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY, PRIDE
LAWN SIGNS ARE DISPLAYED OUTSIDE OF A FEW HOMES.
AROUND THE CORNER AT WESTWOOD
REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE SIGN WAS ORDERED REMOVED BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
>> JUST TO SHOW LIKE JUST TO HAVE A SIGN OUT THERE TELLS US
THAT THIS IS A SAFE SPACE THAT WE DO BELONG AND OUR SEXUALITY,
GENDER, WHATEVER IT IS, IS
VALID.
>> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR
McKENZIE FOX A STUDENT
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
SHE STARTED ON ONLINE PETITION
ASKING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO
BRING BACK THE SIGN AND ALLOW IT
ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
>> I KNOW THAT I HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF MY TEACHERS AND MY
STUDENTS AND MY CLASSMATES.
SO I WISH THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION WOULD DO THE
SAME.
>> Reporter: SO FAR MORE THAN
1,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION.
FOX SAYS THE LAWN SIGN WAS
PLACED OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAST WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR
PRIDE MONTH.
>> HE TOLD HEM THAT THE SIGN
VIOLATED THE FLAG POLICY AND HE HAD BEEN THE ONE TO TELL THE
PRINCIPAL TO TAKE IT DOWN.
>> Reporter: LAST MONTH EXIST
WESTWOOD’S BOARD EDUCATION
PASSED A A POLICY ONLY ALLOWING
THE AMERICAN AND NEW JERSEY
FLAGS TO BE DISPLAYED OUTSIDE OF
SCHOOLS.
IT DOES NOT PREVENT PRIDE FLAGS FROM BEING INSIDE.
WE SAW THEM HANGING ON SCHOOL
WINDOWS. THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT BACK
IN MAY AFTER THE MEASURE PASSED.
>> THAT FLAG WILL NOT FLY IN THE
SCHOOL.
LAST YEAR THERE WERE FLAGS ALL
OVER THE SCHOOL.
NOBODY IS GOING TO PREVENT THAT.
>> Reporter: THE NEW POLICY DOES
NOT ADDRESS BANNERS OR SIGNS
OUTSIDE.
WE CONTACTED THE INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT.
HE DIDN’T COMMENT.
FOX TELLING US THE
SUPERINTENDENT TOLD HER A SIGN
WAS DEPICTING A FLAG TALLSFALLS
SAME CATEGORY.
>> LAWN SIGNS ARE NOT FLAGS.
IT SHOULD NOT APPLY AT ALL. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU CALLED THE