"Shun kids who got into West Point? Do you have the details or a link to that story? That is outrageous -- even for Mass."
The deal is -- at the end of the school year, they put on a ceremony for graduates who are receiving scholarships. Since two of the students are getting scholarships to West Point, the superintendent of schools is refusing to allow West Point to present the scholarships to the students at the ceremony. They claim it is the school policy to not allow outsiders at the ceremony. That's total rubbish.
But the surrender monkeys at the school have backed off. See here:
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=141617
Unbelievable! That is outrageous, but I'm glad to see they backed off. My husband's cousin is a democratic state rep in Mass running for the DA. (We think he's liberal, but he says that he finds himself having to convince certain constituents that he isn't conservative.) Anyway, his son went to the Air Force Academy so I know not every liberal in Massachusetts is a military-hating loon.