October 21, 2004

Halloween called off

From Seattle TV station KOMO-TV: bq. School District Bans Halloween "Let them have their 30-minutes of dressing goofy and having candy," said Silas Macon on the grounds of Puyallup's Maplewood Elementary School Wednesday afternoon. bq. He'd just learned the grade school tradition of a party and parade in costume during the last half-hour of class before Halloween night won't happen this year in the Puyallup School District for his two daughters. bq. The superintendent has canceled all Halloween activities. bq. A letter sent home to parents Wednesday states there will be no observance of Halloween in the entire school district. And the reason why (or one of the reasons): bq. Hansen says the superintendent made the decision for three primary reasons. First, Halloween parties and parades waste valuable classroom time. In addition some families can't afford costumes. bq. It's the third reason some Puyallup parents are struggling with. bq. The district says Halloween celebrations and children dressed in Halloween costumes might be offensive to real witches. bq. "Witches with pointy noses and things like that are not respective symbols of the Wiccan religion and so we want to be respectful of that," said Hansen. Emphasis mine. Baby Jeebus - P.C. gone way way too far. Someone give that "superintendent" a good whap with a cluebat, please... Posted by DaveH at October 21, 2004 8:57 AM