Vermont's Rutland High School is set to raise the Black Lives Matter flag Friday.
Students sought permission to fly the flag from the Rutland City Public Schools Board of Commissioners, according to the Associated Press. One board member, Kam Johnston, indicated he rescinded the initial decision to fly the flag in order "to allow for more student input and address concerns."
The board confirmed that the plan was in motion in a Tuesday vote.
It won't just be for a few weeks, either: The school is going to keep it up for 400 days.
Rutland High School is the latest in a number of other educational institutions that have sought to raise the flag in the Green Mountain State.
High schools in Burlington, South Burlington and the state's capital, Montpelier, as well as Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg have raised the flag on school grounds.
Efforts to raise the flag have made their way into the sphere of higher education in Vermont, as well. The University of Vermont raised a replacement flag after the initial one was stolen in 2016.
The flag and the movement it represents has been a source of conflict.
Supporters say Black LIves Matter seeks to draw attention to systemic racism and violence against black people.
Opponents say the movement is antagonistic toward police. A 2017 White House petition asks the Defense Department to formally recognize the movement as a terrorist organization.
The movement got its start in 2013 through founders Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors.
The hashtag found a home on social media after Cullors and Garza posted about George Zimmerman's acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman was accused of murder in the shooting death of Martin, a 17-year-old black male, in 201, but was acquitted after claiming self-defense. Zimmerman was a volunteer in a neighborhood watch program in Sanford, Florida, where he encountered Martin. Prosecutors said Zimmerman of profiling the teenager.
"The ideals expressed — the economic, political and social empowerment of African-Americans — resonated nationwide," USA TODAY reported.
The hashtag gained a more visible platform in 2014, when Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Subsequent protests and unrest set the stage for Black Lives Matter to become a household phrase.
Other instances of black Americans dying during interactions with police have propelled the hashtag — and movement — further. Examples include Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Freddie Gray, Alton Sterling and Laquan McDonald.
Cullors said the intent behind the movement is to “push for black people’s right to live with dignity and respect," according to USA TODAY.