- Spirit week at Osceola County High School was canceled after a disruption
- A group of students displayed Confederate and ‘redneck’ flags on campus
- Outraged students said incident took place on school’s ‘Culture Day’ Wednesday
- Administrators said students involved will ‘receive consequences’ for incident
A spirit week at one Florida school was canceled after a group of students who dubbed called themselves ‘rednecks’ displayed a Confederate flag on ‘Culture Day’.
The incident took place on Wednesday on the campus of Osceola County High School during what the group of students called ‘Kowboy Day’, in which students are encouraged to dress in western attire, according to WFTV.
Purity Maingi, 16, contacted the station on Wednesday and reported the ‘disturbing’ incident.
A spirit week at one Florida school was canceled after a group of students who dubbed called themselves ‘rednecks’ displayed a Confederate flag on ‘Culture Day’. Purity Maingi (pictured), 16, reported the ‘disturbing’ incident on Wednesday
Video also showed students running back into the school building, after the Confederate flag (file image) and the flag with ‘redneck’ scrolled on it, caused a disruption. The incident was serious enough for school administrators to cancel the remainder of spirit week
‘It really bothered me. It was a whole group of people and not one of them thought, “This is wrong. It’s going to affect people.” It affected me. I couldn’t just look at it and look away,’ she told WFTV.
Purity took photos of the students that showed them in flannels and cowboy boots posing with the flags.
Video also showed students running back into the school building, after the Confederate flag and the flag with ‘redneck’ scrolled on it, caused a disruption.
The incident was serious enough for school administrators to cancel the remainder of spirit week and students will not be permitted to dress up for themed days.
School officials did say the school will still have its dance and football game.
Osceola School District spokeswoman Dana Schafer told WKMG that the students involved in the incident will ‘receive consequences in accordance with [the] code of conduct’.
On Thursday, the Kissimmee Police Department said it investigated the disruption on campus.
But authorities determined it was not a credible threat.
![Osceola School District spokeswoman Dana Schafer said the students involved in the incident will 'receive consequences in accordance with [the] code of conduct'. Pictured is the Osceola County High School](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/06/00/45141DA500000578-0-image-a-20_1507245401472.jpg)
Osceola School District spokeswoman Dana Schafer said the students involved in the incident will ‘receive consequences in accordance with [the] code of conduct’. Pictured is the Osceola County High School
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