LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln Public Schools superintendent has apologized after administrators asked some students not to fly American flags on their vehicles from holders they made in class due to worries about the potential for disagreements.

Several welding students at Career Academy had flown the flags for Veterans Day with the permission of Career Academy officials. The request was prompted by an incident Friday at Southeast Community College when someone removed one of the flags from a holder and placed it in the bed of an adjacent pickup.

The person who removed the flag hasn’t been identified.

Superintendent Steve Joel said Thursday officials respect the rights of students to display their flags and that the decision to ask students not to fly them was an error.

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