High school student lobbies to get Pledge of Allegiance in Massachusetts classrooms, school says no

Sean Harrington loves the Pledge of Allegiance so much, he’s pledged to get it in every classroom in his Massachussetts high school.

There’s only one problem: school officials said no.

Harrington, a senior at Arlington High School, has been lobbying the Arlington School Committee to require that the pledge be said in local classrooms every day, even presenting a petition signed by more than 700 people.

“It’s a living and breathing statement that … strengthens a bond a person has with their country,” the 17-year-old told the Boston Globe.

But his efforts hit a wall last week when the Committee came back with a tie vote – 3 to 3 – on a motion that would have required a daily, but voluntary, recitation of the pledge led over the school’s intercom system.

After the vote, a “heartbroken” Harrington told FOX News Radio, “It’s hard to think that something so traditional in American society was turned down.”

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