As more families from other states move to Bozeman, some parents are surprised or upset to learn that kids here don’t get a holiday from school on Martin Luther King Day.
Bozeman schools use the day as an opportunity to teach kids about the slain civil rights leader, but Superintendent Rob Watson told School Board trustees Tuesday that some parents see it as diminishing King. They worry about the message it sends to the larger community.
“It’s a little alarming for some folks,” Watson said. “They see it as almost a slight.”
Trustees discussed informally the idea of changing Jan. 15, a federal and state holiday, to a day off school. But in the end, all said they prefer the way Bozeman schools celebrate the day now — by asking classes to teach students lessons about King, his service and sacrifice.
“I’ve had friends say we’re not progressive, Montana’s behind the times,” Board Chair Andy Willett said. “I’d rather keep it staying in school, but inform the community” about school observances of King.
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6 comments:
Have any of your family been schooled on the racial riots of 1968? Of course not. It's not politically correct history. How many even know that there is a connection between King and the riots?
No one should be celebrating a holiday about a man that lied in college, and screwed around on his wife!
He was an imperfect man, just like the rest of us.
2010 census: The racial makeup of the city was 93.6% White, 0.5% African American, 1.1% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population.
MLK who?
Depending on your style/type of employment - a day off is a DAY off!! Last I checked there are only so many FREE days off in a year, I'm not complaining!
MLK destroyed a perfectly good revolution
He was intelligence after all.
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