Pledge of Allegiance

A federal judge dismissed some but not all of parents’ constitutional class-action claims against Victory Preparatory Academy, a Colorado charter school, which allegedly sent home students for failing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, called the police on them for it, and banned their parents from campus, including from sports events and parent-teacher conferences.

DENVER — A federal judge advanced some claims in a class action against the Colorado charter school Victory Preparatory Academy, which allegedly sent home students for failing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, called the police on them for it, and banned their parents from campus, including from sports events and parent-teacher conferences.

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