HEARD COUNTY, Ga. — Some Heard County parents say a senior prank went too far when students spray painted “Seniors 2K18” on an American flag and hung it from the school.
The principal at Heard County High School told Channel 2's Christian Jennings that the five students responsible for the incident have to do community service and will face suspension.
Veterans in the area just hope the kids truly learned a lesson.
“I was hurt, I was upset, I was angry," Navy veteran Nikki Culpepper said when she saw the photo of the defaced flag.
Culpepper told Jennings that she served her country as an aircraft electrician and comes from a military family.
“It appeared to the community that it was an attack on the flag and after speaking with these children, I realized it wasn’t, it was just youthful ignorance,” Culpepper said.
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