Amid Black Lives Matter flag debate, Milton school board votes to only fly U.S. and Vermont flags

MILTON — The Milton school board on Thursday avoided talking about the Black Lives Matter flag that has flown outside the high school for five years. But the board voted to change the flagpole policy to effectively exclude such flags. After a three-hour long, packed meeting at the high school library, the school board voted 3-2 to allow only the United States and Vermont flags to be flown on district flagpoles. Whether the Black Lives Matter flag, which still flew Thursday night, will come down right away is, however, unclear....