Cameron Meyers poses outside Bay City Western High School with his truck on Wednesday, April 18 2018, in Auburn, Mich. Meyers claims his Confederate flag was torn from his truck last Thursday, April 12, by a fellow Western student and his calls for the administration to discipline that student went unanswered. “They shut me down,” Myers said. “They should be punished for destruction of property.” (Jacob Hamilton/The Bay City Times via AP)
Student demonstrators park trucks bearing Confederate flags and other banners and signs along the outer drive of Bay City Western High School in support of a Bay City Western High School student, who claims his Confederate flag was torn from his truck last week, Wednesday, April 18 2018, in Auburn, Mich. (Jacob Hamilton/The Bay City Times via AP)
AUBURN, Mich. (AP) — Officials say a potential threat has forced the closure of a central Michigan high school where students parked their pickup trucks adorned with Confederate flags outside for two days.
Students demonstrate in support of a Bay City Western High School student, who claims his Confederate flag was torn from his truck last week, Wednesday, April 18 2018, in Auburn, Mich. (Jacob Hamilton/The Bay City Times via AP)
Bay City Public Schools Superintendent Stephen Bigelow tells The Bay City Times he has canceled classes Thursday at Bay City Western High after being informed about rumors that people planned to confront students.
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WJRT-TV reports Bigelow said in a message to parents that the “unsubstantiated” rumors involved threats from outside the school district.
Six trucks flying or painted with the Confederate battle flag parked outside of the school on Tuesday and were joined by others on Wednesday, when they were met by a counter-demonstration against racism and bigotry.
Counter-protesters display rainbow flags and signs as a caravan of Confederate-flag-bearing trucks park along the outer drive of Bay City Western High School in Auburn, Mich., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. “We have such a small minority population of students and we’re in a conservative area” said Kendrix Szilagyi, pictured at center left with a sign. “If they went to Saginaw or Bay City Central they wouldn’t let this happen”(Jacob Hamilton/The Bay City Times via AP)
The school is in Auburn, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.
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