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KTSM — It looks like it’s only halfway done but soon, a colorful patriotic design at a new El Paso area elementary school will have to be painted over.

The problem, according to Canutillo ISD officials, is that the American flag adorning the front of the still-under construction Silvestre and Carolina Reyes Elementary School in Northwest El Paso doesn’t match the aesthetic of its neighborhood, the new “smart growth” Cimarron subdivision.

A district spokesman said when CISD purchased the land from the developer, it signed an agreement stating the color-scheme of the new campus would line up with standards put in place by the Cimarron homeowner’s association.

According to district documents, at a meeting last month, the school board was informed the colors were in violation of its agreement with the HOA and would have to be removed.

via Star-spangled school design color ‘clashes’ with neighborhood, must come down | KTSM News Channel 9 | News, Weather and Sports | El Paso, Las Cruces, Juarez.

Here’s a simple tip for HOAs. Everyone already hates you. Don’t go out of your way to garner more bad press. The Red, White, and Blue always matches any color scheme.