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By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dauphin-area schools are once again being asked to play the royal anthem daily to align themselves with a dusty and controversial government regulation that has not been enforced in 30 years. Ward 4 trustee Jarri Thompson said she was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d by what was decided during the latest board meeting in the Mountain View School Division. \u201dGod Save the King will be making its return to our schools,\u201d Thompson wrote in a post on social media. \u201cLet me be clear: My kids won\u2019t be standing. If that\u2019s a problem, so be it.\u201d During a 75-minute meeting filled with heated debate, the board of trustees discussed the God Save the King protocol and a new policy that bans the flying of rainbow and treaty… <\/p>\n

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By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dauphin-area schools are once again being asked to play the royal anthem daily to align themselves with a dusty and controversial government regulation that has not been enforced in 30 years. Ward 4 trustee Jarri Thompson said she was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d by what was decided during the latest board meeting in the Mountain View School Division. \u201dGod Save the King will be making its return to our schools,\u201d Thompson wrote in a post on social media. \u201cLet me be clear: My kids won\u2019t be standing. If that\u2019s a problem, so be it.\u201d During a 75-minute meeting filled with heated debate, the board of trustees discussed the God Save the King protocol and a new policy that bans the flying of rainbow and treaty... <\/p>\n

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