Christian School Goes on ‘Lockdown’ After Parents Protest Removal of Cross From Logo

Jun 30, 2016 by Jill

by Samuel Smith, Christian Post:

A new Church of England-associated school has been forced to go on “lockdown” as it is faces outrage from parents and students for removing a cross from its student-designed school logo.

According to the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, parents and students are furious with Oak CE Primary School in the Crosland Moor district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire after school officials decided to redesign the school logo by scrubbing out a cross featured in the logo.

The primary institution, which is funded by the state and governed by both the Kirklees Council and the Church of England, opened on May 3 as a result of a merger between three preexisting schools.

The school first launched with a logo that featured an oak tree with trunk and branches aligned noticeably in the shape of a cross, which was designed by a student who won a contest between students from each of the three merging schools. The logo was placed on welcome banners and sample versions of school uniforms.

But just weeks after the school opened, the logo was changed and the cross was removed and replaced by a tree trunk and three branches. The new logo was featured in a school newsletter that was sent to parents last week.

After noticing the removal of the cross from the logo, parents and students gathered out in front of the school’s gates earlier this week to protest the removal.

The Examiner reports that the school sent a text to parents on Wednesday to notify them that all of school’s gates would be locked “due to safeguarding concerns.”

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