Foxborough Mother Apologizes for Yearbook Flag Controversy

A Foxborough mother who started a viral controversy with one photo is now apologizing for her actions.

Recently, Lisa Truax apologized for her post, which claimed that a photo featuring her daughter was rejected from an advertisement in the Foxborough High School yearbook because she was standing behind an American flag.

School officials said the yearbook declined the advertisement because they felt that the photo, which featured her daughter standing on an American flag backdrop that reached the ground, was disrespectful to the flag.

“As a Foxboro resident of 30 years with four children that have gone through the Foxboro school system, I never intended to portray Foxboro High School as unpatriotic. I truly feel that Foxboro is a very patriotic community and I love our town,” Truax said on Facebook. “Our intentions with this photo were not to disrespect veterans, active duty service men, the American flag, or Foxboro High School. We thought it was a beautiful and patriotic photo without realizing that there are rules for displaying the image of the U.S. flag. I apologize to high school principle Mrs. Meyers-Pachla, Mrs. Ellen Pillsbury, the yearbook advisor, and everyone at Foxboro High School for this unfortunate misunderstanding. I had no idea this would blow up on social media the way that it did and I regret any issues that this has created for anyone in our community.”

Both sides are expected to come to an agreement this week that would allow for a new photo to be submitted for the advertisement.