Detroit Lakes rainbow ban paused amid lawsuit, pushback

Most members of the Detroit Lakes school board have been trying to effectively ban rainbow stickers from school grounds since July. But a district policy committee meeting earlier this week added yet another hurdle between them and the end of the rainbow.

The committee is made up of school board members and administrators like school principals. It met Wednesday morning to discuss a policy that overhauls district rules regarding the “distribution of nonschool-sponsored materials.”

It ultimately decided to postpone any policy changes after administrators shared their concerns and confusion about how to enforce the proposed policy.

“We concluded to delay it,” school board member Michael Walther said. “We asked the teachers to actually give us some input of what their actual concerns were.&rdqu...