Administration plans to restart Pledge of Allegiance recitation at East by the beginning of next semester prompted by a meeting between principal Jason Peres and other Shawnee Mission principals. Students haven’t said the Pledge since 2015 in bi-weekly seminar periods — despite Kansas Statute 72-9928 established in 2014 requiring public schools to provide “a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” Revised from a previous statute, Kansas law has required a daily recitation program since 1923 — though according to a 1943 Supreme Court decision, students can’t be forced to join in. Teacher Monique Goodeyon reports never practicing the Pledge daily in her 17 years at East. To read more, click the link in bio. #storybykatiemurphy #photobyemilypollock #socialmediabykatiemurphy