and these students are willing to honor the flag, of course, us as parents are going to stand behind them. >> what was your reaction when the community jumped in with their response? >> i was blown away. i met the students at a parking lot around 7:45 that morning. i let them in to the school where they pulled in and the road across from the school was already packed with supporters from the community. parents have started well around 5:00 or 6:00 that morning. >> i look at that and i read some comments. there were veterans there, comments there, kids there. when you don't allow kids the chance to be patriots here and you go looking for them later on in life and wonder why, the answer is, when people shut down the american flag to be hire. i like your t-shirt. what is the message about allowing our schools to grow