ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota elementary school has kissed Valentine's Day goodbye. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, too.
Bruce Vento Elementary in St. Paul is joining other public schools in opting out of holiday celebrations as school officials strive to be more culturally sensitive and inclusive. The school has a predominantly Asian and black student body, and English is a second language for more than half of its pupils, who come from a range of faith backgrounds.
In a letter to parents last week, Principal Scott Masini said his rationale was to avoid "encroaching on the educational opportunities of others and threatening a culture of tolerance and respect for all." He acknowledged it would be an unpopular decision for some.
"I have come to the difficult decision to discontinue the celebration of the dominant holidays until we can come to a better understanding of how the dominant view will suppress someone else's view," he said.
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4 comments:
All I can say is: PRIVATE SCHOOL OR HOME SCHOOL!!!! Anything but the socialist liberal public school system!!!!!
Agree with 9:46 AM, however, some people cannot afford private school and some people just are not intelligent enough to home school so what choice is there except public school. A shame, and for this school to do this is just ridiculous in the United States of America.
But they will worship the muslim faith in school and have holiday's off from school for muslim day or muslim religion and out right force your kid to learn or read from the quran and if not they will fail...
Don't you just love the people running your country???
Come to this country and BECOME AMERICAN.
Don't try to establish a "mini-whatever" country that YOU left behind. Or demand that WE adapt to YOU!!??
And for all those liberal idiots who think that by diluting OUR culture to make FOREIGNERS "feel more at home", you rank right up there with the stupidest of the stupid.
Whether you like it or not, this is a CHRISTIAN nation. Immigrants, even the illegal ones (criminals, but still very popular with Democrats, who have a long history of liking criminals -- and voting for them, too) should be schooled in OUR language, OUR customs, OUR holidays, OUR laws, and OUR culture.
Or get the f out and go back to where you came from....we don't need you. Its the other way around, actually, so start acting like it.
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