Separate policy banning Pride flags in classrooms adoptedBy The Smithfield Weekly Sun SMITHFIELD – With one member absent, the Johnston County Board of Education on Tuesday voted 3-3 on a ...

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It’s important that know ... that this is a safe place for people in the LGBTQ+ community," one opponent of the flag ban said.

Teachers have been banned from displaying Pride flags in the Johnston County school district, North Carolina. The school board in Johnston County, just 30 minutes east of Raleigh, voted 4-2 on Tuesday ...

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While only state facilities are ordered to lower flags, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions may join in by flying flags at half-staff June 27.

Johnston County schools may ban gay pride flags and remove protections for LGBTQ+ students. The school board is set to vote on policy changes this summer.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday, May 26, 2025, in observance of Memorial Day. This action honors North Carolinians who died in military service.