CHARLESTON, W.Va., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Charleston, W.Va., high school will no longer require students to stand during Friday morning pledges and songs, its principal said.
Clinton Giles, principal of Capital High School said he revised the policy Wednesday after a conversation with Kanawha County, W.Va., school Superintendent Ron Duerring. The policy now calls for students to "stand, or sit silently" as the U.S. national anthem, the Pledge of Allegiance and the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is played over school public address systems.