Primary school cancels Halloween celebration
Primary school cancels Halloween celebration
The school's principal said yesterday he acceded to the complaints of a handful of parents who said that because the school's traditional Halloween celebrations offended their religious beliefs, they would not send their children to school if the revelry continued this year.
The school's principal said yesterday he acceded to the complaints of a handful of parents who said that because the school's traditional Halloween celebrations offended their religious beliefs, they would not send their children to school if the revelry continued this year.
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"Parents interviewed yesterday said they didn't mind not being able to celebrate the holiday, but they complained that it was political correctness run amok, particularly at a school where one-fifth of the student body is nonwhite and the website is in both English and Chinese."
I would have rephrased it as "political correctness run amok with reckless abandon." And they aren't kidding about the website: http://www.newton.mec.edu/underwood/. What's sad is all of the links on the front page lead to the Chinese site. There really isn't any useful English content. I can only imagine the five parents that complained about the English only site. I swear, this country needs to adopt an official language.
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