This superintendent sounds like he was simply saying that he was sorry if people took it wrong and thought it was disrespectful...but then went on to explain the reasons he did what he did...and I did not see him apologize for those.
For me, the President of the United States has no business whatsoever addressing school age children across the nation.
The parents must remain in control of the education of their children and that best occurs closest to the parents in the school district where members of school boards, commissioners, and others are elected and where teachers are hired.
Any message outside of regular, approved curricula (which the parents through PTAs, their schoolboards, and other avenues should always be involved with) should either not be broadcast or should have a clear representation of what it will be explained to the parents beforehand so they can opt out if they so desire.
In any case, we do not hire Presidents to be teachers or guest speakers to our children. I oppose it on principle because it smacks, from whatever source, of "youth indoctrination."
If you open the door for one side to do it, the other most certainly will too. So, since there is nothing in the constitution that can be remotely twisted into having this be the duty or job of the President, he should not go near it and do the things he was hired to do.
Just my opinion.
Agreed. I know this has been discussed to death, but it bears repeating: the jOker is a narcissist, a junkie whose drug of choice is worship. As such, that drug coming from adults has been 'stepped on', so now he needs a more potent fix.
Politics do not belong in schools, theory yes, party NO.