NO IT DOES NOT!
This is where the idiocy starts and where it must be ENDED! Note this quote with my highlight; "In her research, the song's first public performance may have occurred in a minstrel show nearly 150 years ago, where white actors performed in blackface." We are talking about 1867 or there-a-bouts, when record keeping of such pop-culture was iffy at best!
So this Educrat then says "... the fact that “Jingle Bells” was first performed in minstrel shows ..." is a blatant LIE! Next the decision is based upon this research by a single academic. With all due consideration, it is not wise to base decisions on songs with a single attribution of a 'questionable past'! This is the road to perdition that is paved with the good intentions!
The School District Administration needs weeding ... BADLY!