Heard this on the radio as I was driving to work this morning - was shocked that it was pulled here in Madison! (Havana North)
Vicki McKenna from WIBA 1310AM was instrumental in getting the word out on this. Had she not been contacted by an irrate Grandma (who is also a Vet!) about the issue, and had she not passed info on to the TV outlets and a few other people she knows "in the biz" you can count that those letters would be in the mail already.
You know, the CONCEPT of the exercise is fine, though 8 year olds are too young for this Civic Mindedness, IMHO. Maybe a High School Civics Lesson would be fine, with the rider that the kids could write pro OR con letters on the subject (any subject) to their Senators and CongressCritters.
But, it was like pulling teeth to even get my boys to write 'Thank You' cards to the Grandma(s) over the years! Like any of them truly care about the World Situation, anyway. It's so absolutely obvious that this was politically motivated by the teachers. And these teachers see NOTHING wrong with their actions and are STILL scratching their heads over why people were upset with this. *Rolleyes*