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59-452: Minisink Valley's school district includes a voter elected and unpaid Board of Education that has duties regarding legal matters as well as policy review and implementation. The board usually holds bi-monthly meetings with the public as well as committee meetings. Committees are formed around a variety of functions, such as finance, building and grounds, and audits. Listed are the current board members: Board Members: The elementary school on

118-403: A 6 inch wide cross. Flags for artillery 30 by 41 inches overall. [1] The fledgling Confederate States Navy adopted and used several types of flags, banners, and pennants aboard all CSN ships: jacks , battle ensigns , and small boat ensigns, as well as commissioning pennants, designating flags, and signal flags. The first Confederate Navy jacks , in use from 1861 to 1863, consisted of

177-480: A New York State law prohibiting the use of Native American imagery by public schools, however, they continued to use the name "Warriors". Enrollment at Minisink Valley High School was 1,160 students as of the 2020–2021 school year. The student body was made up of 889 White students, 199 Hispanic students, 52 Black students, 17 Asian students, and 3 Native American students. 291 students were eligible for free or reduced price lunch that year. With 88.8 FTE teachers, there

236-400: A circle of seven to fifteen five-pointed white stars against a field of "medium blue." It was flown forward aboard all Confederate warships while they were anchored in port. One seven-star jack still exists today (found aboard the captured ironclad CSS Atlanta ) that is actually "dark blue" in color (see illustration below, left). The second Confederate Navy Jack was a rectangular cousin of

295-454: A letter to Confederate Congressman C. J. Villeré, dated April 24, 1863, a design similar to the flag which was eventually created was proposed by General P. G. T. Beauregard , "whose earlier penchant for practicality had established the precedent for visual distinctiveness on the battlefield, proposed that 'a good design for the national flag would be the present battle-flag as Union Jack, and the rest all white or all blue'... The final version of

354-475: A name which never caught on. In explaining the white background of his design, Thompson wrote, "As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause." Most contemporary interpretations of the white area on the flag hold that it represented the purity of the secessionist cause. In

413-464: A red field, with 15 white stars on the cross, representing the slave-holding states, and, on the red field, palmetto and crescent symbols. Miles received various feedback on this design, including a critique from Charles Moise, a self-described "Southerner of Jewish persuasion." Moise liked the design but asked that "... the symbol of a particular religion not be made the symbol of the nation." Taking this into account, Miles changed his flag, removing

472-606: Is a perennial state-level powerhouse, winning dual meet state championships in 2015, 2020, and 2022; as well as setting the team points record at the NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships in 2022. Individually, 5 Minisink wrestlers have won New York state titles; including 2022 UWW U17 Freestyle World Bronze medalist Zack Ryder, who has won 3. The Minisink Valley boys lacrosse program is consistently locally successful as well, most notably having produced former MLL player Joseph Sessa. Sessa went on to win

531-432: Is a student-to-teacher ratio of 13 to 1. Boys varsity sports include football, basketball, track and field, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, golf, tennis, wrestling, swimming and diving, and baseball. Girls varsity sports include basketball, track and field, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, golf, tennis, wrestling, swimming and diving, softball, cheerleading, mat maids, and volleyball. The Minisink Valley wrestling program

590-631: Is also properly known as "the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia ". It was sometimes called "Beauregard's flag" or "the Virginia battle flag". A Virginia Department of Historic Resources marker declaring Fairfax, Virginia , as the birthplace of the Confederate battle flag was dedicated on April 12, 2008, near the intersection of Main and Oak Streets, in Fairfax, Virginia. To boost the morale of

649-578: Is in bad taste, and utterly destructive of the symmetry and harmony of the design." Confederate Congressman Peter W. Gray proposed the amendment that gave the flag its white field. Gray stated that the white field represented "purity, truth, and freedom." Regardless of who truly originated the Stainless Banner's design, whether by heeding Thompson's editorials or Beauregard's letter, the Confederate Congress officially adopted

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708-652: The Charleston Mercury expressed a similar view: "It seems to be generally agreed that the 'Stars and Bars' will never do for us. They resemble too closely the dishonored 'Flag of Yankee Doodle ' ... we imagine that the ' Battle Flag ' will become the Southern Flag by popular acclaim." William T. Thompson , the editor of the Savannah-based Daily Morning News also objected to the flag, due to its aesthetic similarity to

767-615: The 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Championship as a member of the Yale Bulldogs The school offers a variety of clubs and extra curricular activities for its students. Among these is a quarterly Coffee House, hosted by S.A.D.D. This gathering of student spectators and performers assemble to play music and engage in other various arts to raise money for current charities with money charged for admission.' The Minisink Valley High School has had reported repeat issues in dealing with racism, sexism, sexual abuse, and bullying over

826-589: The Army of Tennessee , General Johnston introduced a new battle flag for the entire army. This flag bore a basic design similar to the one he had contributed to creating in Virginia in 1861 and had been commissioned in Mobile while he was in command in Mississippi in 1863. These flags for infantry and cavalry were to measure 37 by 54 inches. The white edging cross was about 2 inches wide and was often filled with battle honors. The stars were from 3 ½ inches to 4, and

885-564: The Battle Flag . By 1863, it had become well-known and popular among those living in the Confederacy. The Confederate Congress specified that the new design be a white field "...with the union (now used as the battle flag) to be a square of two-thirds the width of the flag, having the ground red; thereupon a broad saltire of blue, bordered with white, and emblazoned with mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding in number to that of

944-720: The Confederate Flag and other controversial images and items on students' personal vehicles at school property beginning at least in the 1990's through early to mid 2000's, which was only somewhat recently prohibited by updates to the school's code of conduct within the past several years. The school has been criticized for its alleged lackluster response to addressing these and other issues of race, sexual abuse/harassment, diversity and equity leading to lower ratings in those categories on educational rating sites. The school district, however, denies that it fosters such an environment or has failed to adequately address or discipline

1003-464: The First Battle of Manassas , near Manassas, Virginia , the similarity between the "Stars and Bars" and the "Stars and Stripes" caused confusion and military problems. Regiments carried flags to help commanders observe and assess battles in the warfare of the era. At a distance, the two national flags were hard to tell apart. Also, Confederate regiments carried many other flags, which added to

1062-589: The Flag of Austria , with which Marschall would have been familiar. The original version of the flag featured a circle of seven white stars in the navy-blue canton , representing the seven states of the South that originally composed the Confederacy: South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas . The "Stars and Bars" flag was adopted on March 4, 1861, in

1121-592: The Minisink Valley Central School District , was established in 1958 as a secondary school for grades 7–10. A junior class established in the 1959–60 school year became the first class to graduate in June 1961. Over the next decade, enrollment in the school increased so rapidly that in 1971, a bond was passed by district residents to build a new high school adjacent to the original school building. Reginald G. Kierstead High School

1180-476: The "Stainless Banner" was to drape the coffin of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson as it lay in state in the Virginia capitol, May 12, 1863. As a result of this first usage, the flag received the alternate nickname of the "Jackson Flag". Rogers lobbied successfully to have this alteration introduced in the Confederate Senate. Rogers defended his redesign as symbolizing the primary origins of

1239-524: The "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy 's dissolution. A rejected national flag design was also used as a battle flag by the Confederate Army and featured in the "Stainless Banner" and "Blood-Stained Banner" designs. Although this design was never a national flag , it is the most commonly recognized symbol of

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1298-670: The 'old flag' of the United States." Miles had already designed a flag that later became known as the Confederate Battle Flag , and he favored his flag over the "Stars and Bars" proposal. But given the popular support for a flag similar to the U.S. flag ("the Stars and Stripes" – originally established and designed in June 1777 during the Revolutionary War ), the "Stars and Bars" design was approved by

1357-536: The Committee on the Flag and Seal about the general's complaints and request that the national flag be changed. The committee rejected the idea by a four-to-one vote, after which Beauregard proposed the idea of having two flags. He described the idea in a letter to his commanding General Joseph E. Johnston : I wrote to [Miles] that we should have 'two' flags – a 'peace' or parade flag, and a 'war' flag to be used only on

1416-562: The Confederacy's claims of having admitted the border states of Kentucky and Missouri , where slavery was still widely practiced. The first showing of the 13-star flag was outside the Ben Johnson House in Bardstown, Kentucky ; the 13-star design was also in use as the Confederate navy's battle ensign . Many different designs were proposed during the solicitation for a second Confederate national flag, nearly all based on

1475-468: The Confederacy. Since the end of the Civil War, private and official use of the Confederate flags , particularly the battle flag, has continued amid philosophical, political, cultural, and racial controversy in the United States. These include flags displayed in states; cities, towns and counties; schools, colleges and universities; private organizations and associations; and individuals. The battle flag

1534-591: The Confederate States." The flag is also known as the Stainless Banner , and the matter of the person behind its design remains a point of contention. On April 23, 1863, the Savannah Morning News editor William Tappan Thompson, with assistance from William Ross Postell, a Confederate blockade runner, published an editorial championing a design featuring the battle flag on a white background he referred to later as "The White Man 's Flag",

1593-491: The Confederate States; the field to be white, except the outer half from the union to be a red bar extending the width of the flag. Due to the timing, very few of these third national flags were actually manufactured and put into use in the field, with many Confederates never seeing the flag. Moreover, the ones made by the Richmond Clothing Depot used the square canton of the second national flag rather than

1652-594: The Minisink Valley campus currently enrolls 665 students in grades K-2. It is housed in the original Minisink Valley School building, built in 1958. At first the building served grades K-12, but was relieved of its large capacity with the building of a high school in the 1970s. Today the building is shared, with the elementary school in one wing and the intermediate school in the other. The Mary P. Bonen Otisville Elementary School consists of approximately 400 students with 16 classes in grades K-5. The school joined

1711-547: The Minisink school district in 1973, before which time Otisville was a K-12 school. The current principal is Julia Downey. The current assistant principal is Nikachi Griffin. A new building has been erected in Otisville to meet the growing class sizes, which can be partially explained by the population increase of the region due to suburbanization. The intermediate school is located on the main Minisink campus. Formed in 1991,

1770-644: The Provisional Congress March 4, 1861". One of the first acts of the Provisional Confederate Congress was to create the Committee of the Flag and Seal , chaired by William Porcher Miles , a Democratic congressman, and Fire-Eater from South Carolina . The committee asked the public to submit thoughts and ideas on the topic and was, as historian John M. Coski puts it, "overwhelmed by requests not to abandon

1829-578: The Southern Jews, his flag would have used the traditional upright " Saint George's Cross " (as used on the flag of England , a red cross on a white field). James B. Walton submitted a battle flag design essentially identical to Miles' except with an upright Saint George's cross, but Beauregard chose the diagonal cross design. Miles' flag and all the flag designs up to that point were rectangular ("oblong") in shape. General Johnston suggested making it square to conserve material. Johnston also specified

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1888-437: The Stainless Banner on May 1, 1863. The flags that were actually produced by the Richmond Clothing Depot used the 1.5:1 ratio adopted for the Confederate navy's battle ensign, rather than the official 2:1 ratio. Initial reaction to the second national flag was favorable, but over time it became criticized for being "too white." Military officers also voiced complaints about the flag being too white, for various reasons, such as

1947-437: The U.S. (or Union ) flag, especially when it was hanging limply on its flagstaff. The "Stars and Bars" was also criticized on ideological grounds for its resemblance to the U.S. flag. Many Confederates disliked the Stars and Bars, seeing it as symbolic of a centralized federal power against which the Confederate states claimed to be seceding. As early as April 1861, a month after the flag's adoption, some were already criticizing

2006-527: The U.S. flag, which for some Confederates had negative associations with emancipation and abolitionism. Thompson stated in April 1863 that he disliked the adopted flag "on account of its resemblance to that of the abolition despotism against which we are fighting." Over the course of the flag's use by the CSA, additional stars were added to the canton, eventually bringing the total number to thirteen-a reflection of

2065-425: The battle flag grew in its identification with the Confederacy and the South in general. The flag's stars represented the number of states in the Confederacy. The distance between the stars decreased as the number of states increased, reaching thirteen when the secessionist factions of Kentucky and Missouri joined in late 1861. The Army of Northern Virginia battle flag assumed a prominent place post-war when it

2124-457: The battle flag must be used, but it was necessary to emblazon it for a national flag, but as simply as possible, with a plain white field. When Thompson received word the Congress had adopted the design with a blue stripe, he published an editorial on April 28 in opposition, writing that "the blue bar running up the center of the white field and joining with the right lower arm of the blue cross,

2183-679: The battle flag. It is estimated that 500–544 flags were captured during the civil war by the Union . The flags were sent to the War Department in Washington . The Confederacy's first official national flag, often called the Stars and Bars , flew from March 4, 1861, to May 1, 1863. It was designed by Prussian -American artist Nicola Marschall in Marion, Alabama , and is said to resemble

2242-576: The committee. As the Confederacy grew, so did the numbers of stars: two were added for Virginia and Arkansas in May 1861, followed by two more representing Tennessee and North Carolina in July, and finally two more for Missouri and Kentucky . When the American Civil War broke out, the "Stars and Bars" confused the battlefield at the First Battle of Bull Run because of its similarity to

2301-560: The cross had been placed upright thus." He also argued that the diagonal cross was "more Heraldric [ sic ] than Ecclesiastical, it being the 'saltire' of Heraldry, and significant of strength and progress." According to Coski, the Saint Andrew's Cross (also used on the flag of Scotland as a white saltire on a blue field) had no special place in Southern iconography at the time. If Miles had not been eager to conciliate

2360-415: The danger of being mistaken for a flag of truce , especially on naval ships where it was too easily soiled. The Columbia-based Daily South Carolinian observed that it was essentially a battle flag upon a flag of truce and might send a mixed message. Due to the flag's resemblance to one of truce, some Confederate soldiers cut off the flag's white portion, leaving only the canton. The first official use of

2419-455: The field of battle – but congress having adjourned no action will be taken on the matter – How would it do us to address the War Dept. on the subject of Regimental or badge flags made of red with two blue bars crossing each other diagonally on which shall be introduced the stars, ... We would then on the field of battle know our friends from our Enemies. The flag that Miles had favored when he

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2478-572: The first temporary national capital of Montgomery, Alabama , and raised over the dome of that first Confederate capitol. Marschall also designed the Confederate army uniform . A monument that was in Louisburg, North Carolina , claims the "Stars and Bars" "was designed by a son of North Carolina / Orren Randolph Smith / and made under his direction by / Catherine Rebecca (Murphy) Winborne. / Forwarded to Montgomery, Ala. Feb 12, 1861, / Adopted by

2537-475: The flag of the Confederate States shall be as follows: The width two-thirds of its length, with the union (now used as the battle flag) to be in width three-fifths of the width of the flag, and so proportioned as to leave the length of the field on the side of the union twice the width of the field below it; to have the ground red and a broad blue saltire thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with mullets or five pointed stars, corresponding in number to that of

2596-549: The flag, calling it a "servile imitation" and a "detested parody" of the U.S. flag. In January 1862, George William Bagby , writing for the Southern Literary Messenger , wrote that many Confederates disliked the flag. "Everybody wants a new Confederate flag," Bagby wrote. "The present one is universally hated. It resembles the Yankee flag, and that is enough to make it unutterably detestable." The editor of

2655-488: The new battle flags in ceremonies at Centreville and Manassas, Virginia , and carried them throughout the Civil War. Beauregard gave a speech encouraging the soldiers to treat the new flag with honor and that it must never be surrendered. Many soldiers wrote home about the ceremony and the impression the flag had upon them, the "fighting colors" boosting morale after the confusion at the Battle of First Manassas . From then on,

2714-473: The palmetto and crescent, and substituting a heraldic saltire ("X") for the upright cross. The number of stars was changed several times as well. He described these changes and his reasons for making them in early 1861. The diagonal cross was preferable, he wrote, because "it avoided the religious objection about the cross (from the Jews and many Protestant sects), because it did not stand out so conspicuously as if

2773-704: The people of the Confederacy, with the saltire of the Scottish flag and the red bar from the flag of France , and having "as little as possible of the Yankee blue" — the Union Army wore blue , the Confederates gray . The Flag Act of 1865, passed by the Confederate congress near the very end of the War, describes the flag in the following language: The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That

2832-489: The perpetrators of these and other incidents and has stated that it expressly prohibits all such discriminatory, violent, racist or sexist actions and activities in its Code of Conduct. Confederate Flag The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War . The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863;

2891-496: The possibility of confusion. After the battle, General P. G. T. Beauregard wrote that he was "resolved then to have [our flag] changed if possible, or to adopt for my command a 'Battle flag', which would be Entirely different from any State or Federal flag". He turned to his aide, who happened to be William Porcher Miles , the former chairman of the Confederate Congress's Committee on the Flag and Seal . Miles described his rejected national flag design to Beauregard. Miles also told

2950-475: The school is found in one wing of the original building (the elementary school is in the other wing.) Currently the intermediate school has approximately 900 students in grades 3-5. See Minisink Valley High School Minisink Valley High School Minisink Valley High School is a secondary school located in Slate Hill, New York . It contains an enrollment of over 1100 students. The school, part of

3009-523: The second national flag, adopted May 1, 1863, did just this: it set the St. Andrew's Cross of stars in the Union Jack with the rest of the civilian banner entirely white." The Confederate Congress debated whether the white field should have a blue stripe and whether it should be bordered in red. William Miles delivered a speech supporting the simple white design that was eventually approved. He argued that

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3068-574: The slightly rectangular one that was specified by the law. Flag of Alabama ( obverse ) (January 11, 1861) Flag of Alabama ( reverse ) (January 11, 1861) Flag of Arkansas No flag Flag of Florida (September 13, 1861) Flag of Georgia ( de facto ) Flag of Louisiana (February 11, 1861) Flag of Mississippi (March 30, 1861) Flag of North Carolina (June 22, 1861) Flag of South Carolina (January 26, 1861) Flag of Tennessee ( de facto ) Flag of Texas (January 25, 1839) Flag of Virginia (April 30, 1861) At

3127-535: The various sizes to be used by different types of military units. Generals Beauregard and Johnston and Quartermaster General Cabell approved the 12-star Confederate Battle Flag's design at the Ratcliffe home, which served briefly as Beauregard's headquarters, near Fairfax Court House in September 1861. The 12th star represented Missouri. President Jefferson Davis arrived by train at Fairfax Station soon after and

3186-405: The years. These include allegations of racist or violent messages, social media posts, actions, attire, remarks or chants directed at or by students; not fairly recognizing female athletes and sports programs; failure to adequately identify and discipline the perpetrators of racist, violent, or sexual acts; failure to adequately protect students from sexual abuse; and the flying and display of

3245-805: Was adopted as the copyrighted emblem of the United Confederate Veterans. Its continued use by the Southern Army's post-war veteran's groups, the United Confederate Veterans (U.C.V.) and the later Sons of Confederate Veterans , (S.C.V.), and elements of the design by related similar female descendants organizations of the United Daughters of the Confederacy , (U.D.C.), led to the assumption that it was, as it has been termed, "the soldier's flag" or "the Confederate battle flag." The square "battle flag"

3304-462: Was also featured in the state flags of Georgia and Mississippi , although it was removed by Georgia in 2003 and Mississippi in 2020. However, the new design of the Georgia flag still references the original "Stars and Bars" iteration of the Georgia flag. After the Georgia flag was changed in 2001, the city of Trenton, Georgia , has used a flag design nearly identical to the previous version with

3363-634: Was chairman of the "Committee on the Flag and Seal" eventually became the battle flag and, ultimately, the Confederacy's most popular flag. According to Museum of the Confederacy Director John Coski, Miles' design was inspired by one of the many "secessionist flags" flown at the South Carolina secession convention in Charleston of December 1860. That flag was a blue St George's Cross (an upright or Latin cross) on

3422-474: Was completed in 1974 and provided a comfortable home for the upperclassmen of the district. Additions were made in the years following 9/11 to accompany the expanding class sizes due to suburbanization . Both high school and middle school buildings have seen recent additions to the response of larger class sizes, along with the completion of new pool and track facilities. Minisink ceased the use of Native American imagery in their logo and mascot in 2023 following

3481-697: Was shown the design for the new battle flag at the Ratcliffe House. Hetty Cary and her sister and cousin made prototypes. One such 12-star flag resides in the collection of Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy and the other is in the Confederate Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans . On November 28, 1861, Confederate soldiers in General Robert E. Lee 's newly reorganized Army of Northern Virginia received

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