Connor Tressler’s face paint showed a flag, the date of Bin Laden’s death and the letters U-S-A. The artwork drew the attention of administrators at Middle Paxton Elementary School near Harrisburg on Monday.

Central Dauphin School District spokeswoman Shannon Leib says the paint violates a requirement that student dress be “conducive to a scholastic atmosphere.” She says the boy’s mother decided to remove him from school for the day.