
Report of Armed Man at Community College in Texas, El Paso Schools on Lockdown
Schools in Northwest El Paso are on lockdown after a report of a gun at El Paso Community College.

Schools in Northwest El Paso are on lockdown after a report of a gun at El Paso Community College.

While the nation bickers over the Confederate flag, two local artists saved the day for the American flag at one Texas border school. They seek to paint a 313.5-foot-wide-by-26-foot-tall tribute to Old Glory that comes after months of infighting that nearly tore a community apart.

Following months of bickering between the residents of a master planned community and its developers over the fate of a mural in the likeness of Old Glory, a small West Texas town finally resolved the matter. The red, white and blue won out over the shocking orange concrete wall that currently adorns an elementary school under construction.

If it was not enough that the mere display of the United States flag hurt students’ feelings at a University of California campus, the mere likeness to the flag was cause for controversy at a Texas public school where the Red, White and Blue offended the surrounding neighborhood’s sense of aesthetics. “The developer told us that he had one homeowner complain about the colors,” said Canutillo Independent School District (ISD) spokesman Rene Leon in a CBS4 interview.