Our elementary school canceled Halloween

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I wish they'd do a fall celebration/festival instead. I always felt so bad when 4-6 kids had to go to the library because they opted out.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd do a fall celebration/festival instead. I always felt so bad when 4-6 kids had to go to the library because they opted out.

So you have no problem with literally hundreds of kids missing out instead of 4-6? Weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the south too and we never had any Halloween celebrations/wore costumes at school, even though everyone dressed up and trick-or-treated with their friends and families at night, had Halloween parties occasionally, etc. It just had nothing to do with school.

Me too. The Evangelicals made sure schools did not celebrate "satanic" Halloween in the south.

I grew up in a rural town in the irreligious north and we didn’t do Halloween in school either. I don’t know anyone who opted out and I doubt the school would have cared if they did, it just wasn’t a school thing. It was AWESOME though; I have fond memories of Halloween decorations all over and trick or treating all over our town, even the years it was snowing. This idea that Halloween (and American culture) woo somehow be lost if schools don’t proactively teach it is wild to me.

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Then raise your kids there. Those of us from around here have fond memories of class parties and school parades. Our older kids did it, we did it, our parents did it. If you're not into it then good for you, but we are.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd do a fall celebration/festival instead. I always felt so bad when 4-6 kids had to go to the library because they opted out.

So you have no problem with literally hundreds of kids missing out instead of 4-6? Weird.

It's truly tragic when kids have to endure the indignity of a fall festival without being dressed like Harry Potter.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd do a fall celebration/festival instead. I always felt so bad when 4-6 kids had to go to the library because they opted out.

So you have no problem with literally hundreds of kids missing out instead of 4-6? Weird.

This is what I don’t understand. So we’re letting the (very) small percentage of families who are opposed to Halloween (for no good reason) dictate what the entire school system does.

Do people not see an issue with this?

[Anonymous]

Oh, good, this stupid thread again. Every September, like clockwork.

You aren’t entitled to Halloween celebrations in public school. Schools cannot “cancel Halloween,” as it occurs on the evening of October 31. If you want a Halloween celebration, feel free to plan, execute and fund one at your house.

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Anonymous wrote:Half a day of teaching lost to Halloween festivities. My family celebrates Halloween but we are ok with the decision to not have a parade and class parties.

Yes, and these are the parents screaming about OMMMGGG LEARRRRNIING LOOOSSSS FROM COVID!!!

Have your parties on your own time.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how Halloween is fine as long as you call it a fall festival. Lol.

And Christmas is fine as long as you call it "winter holidays". None of this really has a place in public schools.

So, no celebrating of any holidays in public school? That’s the goal.

What holidays do you think should be celebrated in a public school?

Clearly, none.

Halloween is a non-religious, secular holiday. There is no reason to ban it.

Thanksgiving is a non-religious, secular holiday. No good reason to ban it either.

If people are opposed to the candy and scary costumes, the school can say ‘No Masks and No Candy’ but still offer a Halloween celebration. Cancelling Halloween is unnecessary and ridiculous.

Good thing nobody did that then.

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Anonymous wrote:You sound like my Republican parents. "They are destroying everything we BELIEVE in". OMG really? We believe in Halloween Gramma?
It's school. Wanna celebrate Halloween, do it at home, do it on your streets, have kids over for a party, hell host a Sabbat under the full moon. No one is stopping you.

- Will happily be celebrating Halloween - at home - cause it's not illegal

Yes, it is destroying American society. Society is all of us, doing things together. As a group. It's not about what you are allowed to do on your own time, in the privacy of your own home.

Society is literally the activities and cultural norms we all participate in together. Do you really not understand that?

Not celebrating Halloween at school is “destroying American society”?

Yes.

Grow up.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a fun, happy celebration for >95% of the school community and unfair to <5%. It’s sad to lose this fun thing that most people look forward to, but it’s public school, so we shouldn’t be marginalizing the kids who don’t celebrate.

Just like we shouldn’t marginalize kids who don’t stand for the pledge of allegiance.

And soon, we won’t marginalize the kids who don’t want to follow the dress code. Oh right, we don’t really have a dress code. Kids can wear sagging pants, booty shorts and crop tops. But your kid cannot wear a coat or pullover with a zipper at Rosa Parks MS because they apparently do have some bizarre dress code that fixates on zippers and they do enforce it.

What is your point? Kids should be forced to observe Halloween regardless of their families’ beliefs because it’s an integral part of American culture or necessary for their educational environment?

DP No, those handful of students should sit out while the vast majority participates.

No. Have your celebrations at home.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the south too and we never had any Halloween celebrations/wore costumes at school, even though everyone dressed up and trick-or-treated with their friends and families at night, had Halloween parties occasionally, etc. It just had nothing to do with school.

Me too. The Evangelicals made sure schools did not celebrate "satanic" Halloween in the south.

I grew up in a rural town in the irreligious north and we didn’t do Halloween in school either. I don’t know anyone who opted out and I doubt the school would have cared if they did, it just wasn’t a school thing. It was AWESOME though; I have fond memories of Halloween decorations all over and trick or treating all over our town, even the years it was snowing. This idea that Halloween (and American culture) woo somehow be lost if schools don’t proactively teach it is wild to me.

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Then raise your kids there. Those of us from around here have fond memories of class parties and school parades. Our older kids did it, we did it, our parents did it. If you're not into it then good for you, but we are.

Too bad. We don’t live in your 70s/80s/90s childhood. Cope.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the south too and we never had any Halloween celebrations/wore costumes at school, even though everyone dressed up and trick-or-treated with their friends and families at night, had Halloween parties occasionally, etc. It just had nothing to do with school.

Me too. The Evangelicals made sure schools did not celebrate "satanic" Halloween in the south.

I grew up in a rural town in the irreligious north and we didn’t do Halloween in school either. I don’t know anyone who opted out and I doubt the school would have cared if they did, it just wasn’t a school thing. It was AWESOME though; I have fond memories of Halloween decorations all over and trick or treating all over our town, even the years it was snowing. This idea that Halloween (and American culture) woo somehow be lost if schools don’t proactively teach it is wild to me.

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Then raise your kids there. Those of us from around here have fond memories of class parties and school parades. Our older kids did it, we did it, our parents did it. If you're not into it then good for you, but we are.

Too bad. We don’t live in your 70s/80s/90s childhood. Cope.

You missed some good decades, sorry you weren’t there, you would have loved it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd do a fall celebration/festival instead. I always felt so bad when 4-6 kids had to go to the library because they opted out.

So you have no problem with literally hundreds of kids missing out instead of 4-6? Weird.

Kids can celebrate Halloween at home. I'd prefer to be inclusive and practice what adults preach vs. having it all just for show. Really, kids don't care if they have a party and cupcakes.

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Anonymous wrote:You sound like my Republican parents. "They are destroying everything we BELIEVE in". OMG really? We believe in Halloween Gramma?
It's school. Wanna celebrate Halloween, do it at home, do it on your streets, have kids over for a party, hell host a Sabbat under the full moon. No one is stopping you.

- Will happily be celebrating Halloween - at home - cause it's not illegal

Yes, it is destroying American society. Society is all of us, doing things together. As a group. It's not about what you are allowed to do on your own time, in the privacy of your own home.

Society is literally the activities and cultural norms we all participate in together. Do you really not understand that?

Not celebrating Halloween at school is “destroying American society”?

Yes.

Grow up.

I am grown up. I already had my fun. Now I want this generation of kids to have just as much fun as I had. And their kids, too. We want to have SOME things in common with future generations. I get that you want to rip all of that out of the human experience, but that is unhealthy and sociopathic.

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Anonymous wrote:Half a day of teaching lost to Halloween festivities. My family celebrates Halloween but we are ok with the decision to not have a parade and class parties.

Yes, and these are the parents screaming about OMMMGGG LEARRRRNIING LOOOSSSS FROM COVID!!!

Have your parties on your own time.

No reason kids cannot have a party. The learning loss non-sense is silly. Its due to uninvolved parents, those who refuse homework, and the watered down curriculum.