Keller High School Students Painted Pro-Trump Murals and Were Forced to Repaint Them As They Were Deemed ‘Inappropriate’

EXCERPT:

HOWERTON (voice-over): “Tanya Cottongate came to see her daughter’s, which was painted last week. But a few spaces down, controversy. Two students asked to paint over their works of art, their parents tell us, one a portrait of former President Donald Trump, another reading 45/47 — Trump our 45th president, whoever wins this November will be our 47th.”

UNKNOWN: “It’s not offensive, bad words or things like that.”

HOWERTON (voice-over): “The district has guidelines for what students can paint: use only appropriate words, symbols and images. KHS has the right to paint over and resell spaces that include content determined to be inappropriate by the administration, and that includes things that are controversial, offensive, obscene. Nothing political is expressly mentioned. The district telling us they did ask for some spots to be repainted because they had the potential to cause unnecessary distractions to the learning environment and that, yes, political messaging, isn’t allowed. The spot with Trump’s portrait, already painted over.”