There are, of course, more schools and districts placing restrictions on Halloween celebrations. While this isn't new, this trend should concern parents.
Washington schools have continued the trend of banning Halloween events for kids. They say it’s about equity, but it’s really about educators signaling their virtue.told parents “Halloween celebrations will not be permitted during school hours.” In an email to parents, the district said the decision was made to “better maintain an environment where each and every student feels safe, comfortable, and valued.”in Seattle bluntly tells parents, “We do not celebrate Halloween at B.F. Day.
There are, of course, more schools and districts placing restrictions on Halloween celebrations. While this isn’t new, this trend should concern parents because it’s a lasting remnant of the empty and dangerous equity movement implemented after the Black Lives Matter rallies and riots.wrote in with news that their kids’ schools followed the new tradition of banning Halloween, while noting the irony of what classroomsAn oft-used excuse to cancel Halloween is that not everyone celebrates.
If they don’t want to celebrate, they don’t have to celebrate. It’s an extremely small group of students with parents who would object. Why would an infinitesimal number of students dictate the policy? Moreover, most Washington students do not celebrate Dia de los Muertos. Yet, as one listener pointed out, the school his child attends celebrates the Day of the Dead.
Another listener says her child’s school ditches Halloween, but allows for “book character day where you dress up like a book character.” This is Halloween without the label. Why is it only offensive or unacceptable if you label it Halloween?This idea that Halloween is “exclusionary” could be an opportunity to make the holiday about accepting people who don’t celebrate .
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