Posted on 10/14/2017 7:17:01 AM PDT by markomalley
On one level, an elementary school banning Halloween costumes or any mention of Halloween isn't news. The childhood ritual - like most American childhood rituals - fell victim to the purveyors of political correctness years ago.
But in this case, the school in question - Hillcrest Elementary School - had allowed Halloween costumes to be worn by kids during their annual Fall Parade. Until this year, that is.
Check out the school's reasoning that goes far beyond the "non inclusive" nature of Halloween.
Officials at Hillcrest Elementary School in Waukesha took references to Halloween out of its annual Fall Festival years ago, but that apparently didn’t go far enough this year, a local NBC affiliate reported. Now students are being told they can’t participate in the tradition of wearing their Halloween costumes to the event, because some children were left out.
“We want to be inclusive of all families including those families who don’t celebrate Halloween or find purchasing a costume a hardship,” the school said in a newsletter to parents last week, NBC reported. “Also, there have been behavior and time management concerns related changing into and out of costumes.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This is most like a Christian family hating Halloween then Islamic family. I know so many Christian families that refuse to let their kids do anything Halloween. I am so glad my family wasn’t like that. How boring.
We never celebrated Halloween at school when I was young. That was a holiday for kids. After school activities. Boomers ruin everything.
“Che Guevera Elementary School
You know the che t shirt?
I just thought of a great one, the one with him dead on the slab!!!
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