Lipscomb Academy, a K-12 private school affiliated with Lipscomb University, is working with students after complaints about how administrators handled efforts to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk, after he was assassinated. 

A Lipscomb Academy administrator, Jesse Savage, enforced a dress code policy asking students to remove the red ties they wore to honor Kirk, according to local news outlet The Tennessean.

"On Sept. 12, when 12-15 students wore red ties with their school uniforms to honor Kirk, Savage asked the students to remove the ties, leading to complaints, according to Lipscomb Academy in a Sept. 26 statement," The Tennessean reported.

A spokesperson for the school told Fox News Digital that no student was disciplined. 

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"To clarify, on Friday, Sept. 12, a small group of Academy students wore red ties to honor Charlie Kirk. While this was out of dress code, they were not disciplined but were asked to remove the ties," a spokesperson for the academy said. "The morning of the very next school day, Monday, Sept. 15, Academy administrators met with these students to understand their experiences and to support them in finding a meaningful way to honor Charlie. As a result of this meeting, the students were given approval and planned to wear red ties on another day. But, instead they chose to collaborate with the Academy's team to plan a future chapel focused on being bold and impactful in their faith."

The Tennessean reported that the academy issued an apology for how it handled the incident.

After parents expressed outrage at Savage for enforcing the dress code policy, many felt the situation worsened when the school promoted the administrator to another position.

The Churches of Christ-affiliated school announced September 25 that Savage would transition from head of school to director of academics for the upper school. A spokesperson told The Tennessean that Savage’s move into the new role was already in progress before the dress code controversy.

"The role of Director of Academics has been in development for over a year, with Dr. Savage expressing interest. Given his expertise, he is well-suited for this senior leadership position," the academy said in a statement to The Tennessean.

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Lipscomb Academy’s statement did not satisfy parents and other stakeholders, leading to more than two dozen protesters who gathered on September 26 at the school’s front lawn during morning drop-off.

"During morning drop-off Sept 26, demonstrators stood behind police barricades. Across the street was another group on the steps of the school who ushered students in, which included current staff at the academy and other community members," The Tennessean reported.

Several counterprotesters also gathered in support of Savage, some holding signs reading "Alumni for Savage."

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TV personality Savannah Chrisley praised the students in a social media post. 

"So proud of the brave young men at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville who tried to honor Charlie Kirk’s life only to be silenced, reprimanded, and failed by the very school that should be shaping leaders of courage and conviction," she wrote. "Your school and faculty didn’t just miss the mark….they betrayed you in a moment that called for faith, unity, and truth."

The three New Jersey Republicans in the U.S. House are pubically urging Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the state's Democratic nominee for governor, to authorize for the immediate release of her military records connected to a major cheating scandal that rocked the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994.

Reps. Christopher Smith, Jeff Van Drew, and Tom Kean, Jr., the three Republican members of New Jersey's 12-member House delegation, on Monday said it was "imperative" that Sherrill reveal her records at the Naval Academy.

The combustible ballot box battle in New Jersey, one of only two races for governor in the country this year, was rocked last week after a report revealed that the United States Naval Academy blocked Sherrill from taking part in her graduation amid the cheating scandal.

"The only way that level of transparency can be achieved is for all of Representative Sherrill’s academic, disciplinary, and investigatory records to be made public – something only Representative Sherrill can authorize," the three lawmakers argued.  

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They added, "If those sealed disciplinary records match Representative Sherrill’s current explanation, we are unsure why she would refuse to release the records and put this matter to rest."

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Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli and his campaign have repeatedly called on Sherrill, who was never accused of cheating in the scandal and went on to pilot helicopters during her military career after graduating from the Naval Academy, to release her military records to explain why she was blocked from attending her graduation ceremony.

"What we learned today is that she was part of it in some way, shape or form. Come clean, release the records. Tell us what's in your disciplinary records. I think the people of New Jersey deserve that," Ciattarelli said Thursday night in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity."

But a second report revealed that the National Personnel Records Center, which is a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, errantly released Sherrill's improperly redacted military personnel files, which included private information including her social security number, to a Ciattarelli ally. 

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The news spurred calls by top Democrats across the country for an investigation.

"To have a guy I'm running against, it will stop at nothing, it will stop at nothing, who will illegally obtain records. It's just beyond the pale," Sherrill, who served as a federal prosecutor before winning election to Congress, charged Thursday night on the campaign trail in Plainfield, New Jersey.

The National Archives, in a letter last week, apologized to Sherrill, saying the improper release was due to a government worker's error over a legal records request.

The two candidates face off next week in the second and final debate in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.

Ciattarelli, who is making his third straight run for governor, came close to upsetting Murphy four years ago. Ciattarelli is a former state lawmaker and a certified public accountant who started a medical publishing company before getting into politics.

After her career in the Navy, Sherrill served as a federal prosecutor before winning election to Congress in 2018.