Five students at a South Bay high school stirred up some controversy Wednesday for wearing t-shirts depicting red, white and blue American flags on Cinco de Mayo.

From KTVU.com

MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Five students at a South Bay high school stirred up some controversy Wednesday for wearing t-shirts depicting red, white and blue American flags on Cinco de Mayo.School officials at Live Oak High in Morgan Hill told the students they had to go home if they wouldn’t turn the shirts inside out.One of the students said it appeared school administrators were worried the patriotic shirts could trigger fights.Some students at Live Oak High in Morgan Hill said others were planning to come to school Thursday wearing red, white and blue.Four of the five students who wore American flags or patriotic colors on campus walked into a meeting with the superintendent of the Morgan Hill unified school district Wednesday night.They were facing unexcused absences because they chose to go home early rather than take off what they were wearing.“We knew it was Cinco de Mayo. But we just came to show our flag,” said student Dominic Maciel. “We didn’t mean anything by it. We didn’t want to start anything. Nothing like that.”Student Anthony Caravalho was also sent home for not turning his shirt inside out.“They said we had to wear our t-shirts inside out and then we could go back to class and we said no,” said Caravalho. “It would be disrespectful to the flag by hiding it.”Daniel Galli, another student who was reprimanded for wearing a US flag, described what he was told by school administration.“He said ‘If you wear it on any other day, it’s fine; but just because it’s today you can’t wear it,’” Galli said. “His exact words.”Galli said he was told it was inappropriate to wear the shirt because “it’s supposed to be a Mexican Day and we were supposed to honor them.”The boys said it was unfair because some students were wearing Mexican colors Wednesday.“We’re not mad that they wore their stuff,” said student Galli. “But we’re mad that we were asked to change our stuff, but they could still wear their stuff.”

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