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Instruction |
6115.1-AR |
FLAG
DISPLAY
A. Purpose
and Scope
To provide the traditional customs and practices of displaying
the U.S. flag for school use
B. General
In displaying the U.S. flag, please note the following flag
etiquette:
1. When the
flag is displayed flat, either horizontally or vertically, on a wall or window,
the union (or blue field) should be uppermost and to the flag's own right (to
the observer's left when facing flag).
2. When
displayed on a stage or a platform, in front of an audience, the U.S. flag
should be placed on a staff in the position of honor to the speaker's right.
Any other flag should be at the speaker's left. If displayed in the body of an
auditorium or hall, the U.S. flag should be to the right of the audience as it
faces the speaker, with any other flag to the audience's left.
3. When the
flag is displayed from a staff projecting from a window sill, balcony, or front
of a building, the union should be at the staff's peak (unless flag is to be
displayed at half-staff). When suspended from a rope between a building and a
pole at the edge of a sidewalk, the flag should be raised out from the building
toward the pole, union first.
4. When
displayed with another flag from crossed staff, the U.S. flag should be on its
own right, with its staff in front of the other flag.
5. When other
flags are displayed from staffs with the U.S. flag, the latter should be at the
center, or at the highest point of the group.
6. When
pennants or other flags are flown on the same halyard with the U.S. flag, the
latter should always be at the peak.
7. When the
flags of two or more nations are displayed, they should be flown from separate
staffs of the same height.
8. When
carried in a parade with another flag of flags, the U.S. flag should be on the
marching right.
9. When
carried in a parade with a line of flags of states, cities, or organizations,
the U.S. flag should always be carried in front of the center of that line.
C. Forms Used
and Additional References
Not applicable
D. Procedure
1. All
district schools and sites are to practice correct flag etiquette as described
above.
2. The
procedure for flying the flag at half-staff is as follows:
a. When it is
to be flown at half-staff, the flag should be raised to the peak for an instant
and then lowered to the half-staff position; but before the flag is lowered for
the day, it should again be raised to the peak.
b. The U.S.
flag is to be flown at half-staff at the following times: (1) 30 days after the
death of a president or former president of the United States; (2) ten days
after the death of a vice president, chief justice or retired chief justice, or
the speaker of the House of Representatives; (3) from the day of death until
burial of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a member of the Cabinet, a
former vice president, the secretaries of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, or the
governor of a state, territory, or possession; (4) on the day of death and
following day for a U.S. senator or representative, or resident commission of
Puerto Rico.
c.
In the event of death of other officials, former officials,
or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to
presidential instructions, or in accordance with recognized customs or
practices not inconsistent with law.
E. Reports
Required
None
F. Record
Retention
Not applicable
G. Responsible
Administrative Unit
Superintendent or his designee
H. Approved by:
Keith Larick
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John O. Tynes |
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Responsible
Division Head |
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Superintendent |
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