The students were charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree murder. Putnam Academy is an alternative school for disruptive students. Symbols of gang and drug activity are already banned in Putnam County schools, Buckles said. School Board attorney Joe Pickens backs up Buckles' decision to ban satanic symbols from school. We have gotten to the point now where schools have been able to more closely regulate dress, satanic jewelry or emblems based upon specific events that have happened at their school I think that the presence of those type things in our schools, especially in light of recent events at our schools, would be disruptive and should be prohibited.
Buckles urges parents to educate themselves on satanic symbols and their meanings.
I would encourage them to recognize them and be supportive. We don't want to inhibit anyone's constitutional right, but we want our schools run in an orderly fashion. At this time, these symbols are not appropriate to be worn based on what has occurred. A boy at Beasley Middle School was wearing satanic symbols on Tuesday and he refused to remove them. On Wednesday, a girl at Interlachen High School had satanic symbols written on papers at school and got into a confrontation with school officials about them.