4311.1-R- Display of the Flag Regulation

Flags Displayed Out-of-Doors and on Movable Hoists Indoors

A United States flag shall be displayed on or near every school building in the district during school hours every day that school is in session, weather permitting, and at such other times as the Superintendent of Schools shall direct. Unless otherwise stated, the flags shall be flown at full-staff. The flags may also be displayed at night upon special occasions, at the discretion of the Superintendent, when it is desired to produce a patriotic effect. During inclement weather, the flag shall be placed conspicuously in the main room of the school building.

Weather permitting, the flags will be displayed on or near the main administration building of the district whenever the building is open to the public, and on the following days: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Flag Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Pearl Harbor Day, September 11th Remembrance Day, POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Christmas Day. If any of these days (except Flag Day) falls on a Sunday, the flag shall be displayed on the next day. In addition, on Memorial Day, the flag will be flown at half-staff until noon. Finally, the flag shall be displayed on each general election day and each day appointed by the President of the United States or by the Governor of New York as a day of general thanksgiving or for displaying the flag.

Flags shall also be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.

Flags shall be flown at half-staff on Pearl Harbor Day, September 11th Remembrance Day, Patriot Day, and on days commemorating the death of a person of national, state, or local standing. The flag may also be flown at half-staff during special periods of mourning designated by the President or the Governor.

The flags may be flown at half-staff in memory of current Board members, students, teachers or other school district personnel. In addition, the Superintendent of Schools will have the discretion to address this issue on either a district-wide basis, or on an individual building basis.

Hoisting of the Flag

The flag shall be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.

In half staffing the flag, it first should be hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag shall be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. The flag shall never be put at half-mast in the middle of the day. It must be put at half-mast in the morning only.

Indoor Flags and Those Not on Movable Hoists

There shall be a United States flag in each assembly room of every school in the district. It is the duty of the teacher or other person in charge of each assembly room to ensure that the flag in the room is displayed from a staff standing at the audience’s right as they face the stage. If the flag is placed on the platform, it should stand at the right of the speaker as he/she faces the audience and at the audience’s left as they face the stage.

Adoption date: May 8, 2000
Revised: November 12, 2002
Revised: October 24, 2011
Reviewed: May 22, 2017
Revised October 15, 2018