It was recently published in the Wichita Eagle that Wichita public school district has a policy that a parent can sign off on their children to allow them to sit or kneel during the national anthem and the pledge of allegiance.

Derby’s school district does not have a policy.

Every morning principal Tim Hamblin invites students to stand and join him in the pledge of allegiance.

“I will not get onto a kid for not standing. If they have a legitimate personal deep thing, then I respect that and will allow them to do what they need to do,” he said.

Col. Dillard mentioned his service in the military when responding to the topic.

“I don’t like it but I served over 30 years for their right to do that. The constitution gives them the right to do that and that’s what I fought for. I don’t like it but I don’t hate anyone for it,” he said.

When senior Brody Kooser was asked about kneeling, he said he didn’t think people should do it.

“It’s disrespecting the flag and our country. I don’t like it but I try to stay out of it,” he said.

And what if a football teammate did it during the national anthem before a game?

After asking him how he would feel if the football team were to kneel during the National Anthem “I wouldn’t like it but it is their right to do so,” Kooser said. “I would probably express my opinion towards it but there is nothing I could do about it.”