Halloween SICK OUT

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Anonymous wrote:I do find the aversion and censoring of Halloween in MCPS elementary schools to be very odd. Getting to dress up for the day and having Halloween classroom parties was a fantastic experience for me as a kid.

It’s extremely weird.

Halloween is a big part of American culture and it’s a fun part of childhood. It’s sad that MCPS is taking that away from kids.

MCPS is preventing kids from dressing up to go trick or treating? That's terrible!

Wait, what?

Stop being purposefully obtuse.

Class Halloween parties and parades are fun and are a big part of childhood for a lot of kids.

MCPS deciding to do away with that is unfortunate.

Do you also believe that MCPS is participating in the War On Christmas by no longer having in-school Christmas parties?

For as long as I have been on this forum on DCUM, which is way too long, there have been annual complaints about how MCPS is ruining childhood by not having Halloween parties, followed by annual complaints about children ruining other children's childhood by telling them Santa isn't real.

If you want your children to celebrate Halloween in the great American tradition, you should go out with them to tip over outhouses. That's your responsibility as a parent; it's not MCPS's.

I’m Jewish, and no — I don’t think there’s any war on Christmas. I do think having parties before winter break is fun and can be done in a secular way.

But it’s ridiculous for you to think it’s a huge deal for kids to have class Halloween parties.

It’s a little bit of fun. What’s the problem?

Is it a huge deal for kids to not have class Halloween parties?

For these people who act like MCPS can’t possibly handle it — yes, it apparently is. It’s just too much to ask that these kids get a little fun at school.

Do you have an Elementary-aged kid? Because if so, you'd know this statement is ridiculous. There are SO many parties! 100th day of school parties; fall festival parties; holiday parties; valentine parties; spring parties; school "spirit week" parties; school fundraiser-associated-parties; end of school year parties; and I'm probably forgetting a few. So - it's absolutely not true that Halloween is the only opportunity to "get a little fun at school." My god.

Depends on the school. We only had halloween and valentines Day.

So given that scores are really abysmal. I think teachers and principals are really under the gun this year to follow the new reading curriculum with fidelity (that seems to be the newest buzzword) I suspect we will see fewer fun activities and even fewer little crafts or other things that don't completely tie into the curriculum. There are always so many other interruptions to the school day between things like fire drills and picture day and assemblies and testing schedules and all the other craziness so parties are an easy one to put on the chopping block

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If you do a sickout on Halloween you will likely be roped in with the religious nuts

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Anonymous wrote:I do find the aversion and censoring of Halloween in MCPS elementary schools to be very odd. Getting to dress up for the day and having Halloween classroom parties was a fantastic experience for me as a kid.

It’s extremely weird.

Halloween is a big part of American culture and it’s a fun part of childhood. It’s sad that MCPS is taking that away from kids.

MCPS is preventing kids from dressing up to go trick or treating? That's terrible!

Wait, what?

Stop being purposefully obtuse.

Class Halloween parties and parades are fun and are a big part of childhood for a lot of kids.

MCPS deciding to do away with that is unfortunate.

Do you also believe that MCPS is participating in the War On Christmas by no longer having in-school Christmas parties?

For as long as I have been on this forum on DCUM, which is way too long, there have been annual complaints about how MCPS is ruining childhood by not having Halloween parties, followed by annual complaints about children ruining other children's childhood by telling them Santa isn't real.

If you want your children to celebrate Halloween in the great American tradition, you should go out with them to tip over outhouses. That's your responsibility as a parent; it's not MCPS's.

I’m Jewish, and no — I don’t think there’s any war on Christmas. I do think having parties before winter break is fun and can be done in a secular way.

But it’s ridiculous for you to think it’s a huge deal for kids to have class Halloween parties.

It’s a little bit of fun. What’s the problem?

Is it a huge deal for kids to not have class Halloween parties?

For these people who act like MCPS can’t possibly handle it — yes, it apparently is. It’s just too much to ask that these kids get a little fun at school.

Do you have an Elementary-aged kid? Because if so, you'd know this statement is ridiculous. There are SO many parties! 100th day of school parties; fall festival parties; holiday parties; valentine parties; spring parties; school "spirit week" parties; school fundraiser-associated-parties; end of school year parties; and I'm probably forgetting a few. So - it's absolutely not true that Halloween is the only opportunity to "get a little fun at school." My god.

Depends on the school. We only had halloween and valentines Day.

So given that scores are really abysmal. I think teachers and principals are really under the gun this year to follow the new reading curriculum with fidelity (that seems to be the newest buzzword) I suspect we will see fewer fun activities and even fewer little crafts or other things that don't completely tie into the curriculum. There are always so many other interruptions to the school day between things like fire drills and picture day and assemblies and testing schedules and all the other craziness so parties are an easy one to put on the chopping block

This was all pre-covid, so you need a new excuse.

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Anonymous wrote:I do find the aversion and censoring of Halloween in MCPS elementary schools to be very odd. Getting to dress up for the day and having Halloween classroom parties was a fantastic experience for me as a kid.

It’s extremely weird.

Halloween is a big part of American culture and it’s a fun part of childhood. It’s sad that MCPS is taking that away from kids.

MCPS is preventing kids from dressing up to go trick or treating? That's terrible!

Wait, what?

Stop being purposefully obtuse.

Class Halloween parties and parades are fun and are a big part of childhood for a lot of kids.

MCPS deciding to do away with that is unfortunate.

Do you also believe that MCPS is participating in the War On Christmas by no longer having in-school Christmas parties?

For as long as I have been on this forum on DCUM, which is way too long, there have been annual complaints about how MCPS is ruining childhood by not having Halloween parties, followed by annual complaints about children ruining other children's childhood by telling them Santa isn't real.

If you want your children to celebrate Halloween in the great American tradition, you should go out with them to tip over outhouses. That's your responsibility as a parent; it's not MCPS's.

I’m Jewish, and no — I don’t think there’s any war on Christmas. I do think having parties before winter break is fun and can be done in a secular way.

But it’s ridiculous for you to think it’s a huge deal for kids to have class Halloween parties.

It’s a little bit of fun. What’s the problem?

Is it a huge deal for kids to not have class Halloween parties?

For these people who act like MCPS can’t possibly handle it — yes, it apparently is. It’s just too much to ask that these kids get a little fun at school.

Do you have an Elementary-aged kid? Because if so, you'd know this statement is ridiculous. There are SO many parties! 100th day of school parties; fall festival parties; holiday parties; valentine parties; spring parties; school "spirit week" parties; school fundraiser-associated-parties; end of school year parties; and I'm probably forgetting a few. So - it's absolutely not true that Halloween is the only opportunity to "get a little fun at school." My god.

Depends on the school. We only had halloween and valentines Day.

So given that scores are really abysmal. I think teachers and principals are really under the gun this year to follow the new reading curriculum with fidelity (that seems to be the newest buzzword) I suspect we will see fewer fun activities and even fewer little crafts or other things that don't completely tie into the curriculum. There are always so many other interruptions to the school day between things like fire drills and picture day and assemblies and testing schedules and all the other craziness so parties are an easy one to put on the chopping block

This was all pre-covid, so you need a new excuse.

What is "this"