Parents Angry Over Students Saying Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish
For decades, it’s been considered the best way to cultivate patriotism in young schoolchildren in the United States. Does it matter if it’s not said in English? Some local parents say yes, and are raising objections over last week’s recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish during Hispanic Heritage month at Spring Hill’s J.D. Floyd Elementary School. But school district officials say no, that it was a one-time teaching exercise designed to broaden the horizons of young children, nothing more. Gladys Pedersen, president of the Spring Hill-based Hispanic Scholarship Civic and Cultural Foundation, which awards scholarships to Hispanic students from each of the four high schools in Hernando County each year said saying the pledge in a different language does not change its meaning.
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