Our elementary school canceled Halloween

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Anonymous wrote:Which religious fanatics want it cancelled? Seems like all the progressive schools are the ones tamping down the Halloween celebrations. My kids’ Catholic school is all out for Halloween. Just curious and I fail to see how dressing up in costumes for a secular celebration excludes certain religions. Seems to me they are taking themselves out of the game, not the other way around.

-1 our progressive school is holding a parade with costumes so that's not true

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The far-right shills are on a real tear today, dredging up all these non-issues.

Far Right is the party of religious extremism. Far Left is the party of SJWs. Both played the role of useful idiots to cancel Halloween at school. Reasonable people in the middle are always caught up in their collective BS.

Agreed. And our kids suffer and miss out on things because of both sides and their lunatic factions.

I only see one side that's nuts here. The other seems more like some make-believe fiction invented to justify the other.

Agree - the right calls SJW are mostly regular people with a modicum of empathy. On the other hand, the right is largely intolerant of others and tries to force its wacky views on everyone. Justifying discrimination or other absurdity as religious freedom.

And the left traffics in cancel culture. It goes both ways.

[Anonymous]

Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Then you obviously don’t understand how it feels for a longtime school tradition to be taken away under the auspices of equity when the reality is very few students were implicated.

FTR, the tradition entailed the last hour of school: quick parade followed by classroom party. Easy peasy. Parents, grandparents and neighbors came out for the parade (always held outdoors).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

What about the kids that don’t have an opportunity for an evening event but could participate in school? Or is this all about you? As long as your DD has her entertainment it squared away, it’s all good…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Check your privilege. Not all kids can celebrate in their ‘neighborhood’.

I grew up in a lower-income area and was the child of immigrants. I loved being able to celebrate Halloween at school!

My mom certainly was not letting me wander around the neighborhood at night to knock on random people’s doors asking for candy. Not a chance.

Celebrating at school was safe, fun and inclusive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Check your privilege. Not all kids can celebrate in their ‘neighborhood’.

I grew up in a lower-income area and was the child of immigrants. I loved being able to celebrate Halloween at school!

My mom certainly was not letting me wander around the neighborhood at night to knock on random people’s doors asking for candy. Not a chance.

Celebrating at school was safe, fun and inclusive.

Inclusive except for the kids who are excluded. And people who want their kids to celebrate Halloween at school are fine with those kids missing out, even if they would be included in a fall festival type celebration. Sounds like a no-win situation for schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which religious fanatics want it cancelled? Seems like all the progressive schools are the ones tamping down the Halloween celebrations. My kids’ Catholic school is all out for Halloween. Just curious and I fail to see how dressing up in costumes for a secular celebration excludes certain religions. Seems to me they are taking themselves out of the game, not the other way around.

-1 our progressive school is holding a parade with costumes so that's not true

Most progressive areas celebrate Halloween. It's just the uptight right that has an issue with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Check your privilege. Not all kids can celebrate in their ‘neighborhood’.

I grew up in a lower-income area and was the child of immigrants. I loved being able to celebrate Halloween at school!

My mom certainly was not letting me wander around the neighborhood at night to knock on random people’s doors asking for candy. Not a chance.

Celebrating at school was safe, fun and inclusive.

Inclusive except for the kids who are excluded. And people who want their kids to celebrate Halloween at school are fine with those kids missing out, even if they would be included in a fall festival type celebration. Sounds like a no-win situation for schools.

No-win situations...sounds like equity-based policy in general. The goal is for everybody to lose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Check your privilege. Not all kids can celebrate in their ‘neighborhood’.

I grew up in a lower-income area and was the child of immigrants. I loved being able to celebrate Halloween at school!

My mom certainly was not letting me wander around the neighborhood at night to knock on random people’s doors asking for candy. Not a chance.

Celebrating at school was safe, fun and inclusive.

Inclusive except for the kids who are excluded. And people who want their kids to celebrate Halloween at school are fine with those kids missing out, even if they would be included in a fall festival type celebration. Sounds like a no-win situation for schools.

Nope. Nobody is excluding any kids. Everyone is welcome to participate. Our FOCUS school even had an extra costume closet for anyone who needed one.

Some families CHOSE not to have their kids participate and they were welcome to opt out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Check your privilege. Not all kids can celebrate in their ‘neighborhood’.

I grew up in a lower-income area and was the child of immigrants. I loved being able to celebrate Halloween at school!

My mom certainly was not letting me wander around the neighborhood at night to knock on random people’s doors asking for candy. Not a chance.

Celebrating at school was safe, fun and inclusive.

Inclusive except for the kids who are excluded. And people who want their kids to celebrate Halloween at school are fine with those kids missing out, even if they would be included in a fall festival type celebration. Sounds like a no-win situation for schools.

Excluded at the whim of their own parents because of their personal superstitions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Then you obviously don’t understand how it feels for a longtime school tradition to be taken away under the auspices of equity when the reality is very few students were implicated.

FTR, the tradition entailed the last hour of school: quick parade followed by classroom party. Easy peasy. Parents, grandparents and neighbors came out for the parade (always held outdoors).

I think most people know how it feels when things change in their lives and something once valued is lost. You can either stamp your foot and cry like a baby or act like an adult and think of another solution forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

What about the kids that don’t have an opportunity for an evening event but could participate in school? Or is this all about you? As long as your DD has her entertainment it squared away, it’s all good…

And how many kids is that realistically…in Montgomery County? Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does Halloween have to be a daylong celebration?

My DD is going to school that day like any other school day. Then, she's coming home, putting on her costume, trick or treating with her friends around the neighborhood, and coming home to watch a movie with said friends.

For us, Halloween has always been focused on the evening as the sun is setting and after the sun has set. We have a lot of fun. The neighborhood also has a lot of fun. I don't understand the push or reason to devote part of the school day to celebrating, too.

Check your privilege. Not all kids can celebrate in their ‘neighborhood’.

I grew up in a lower-income area and was the child of immigrants. I loved being able to celebrate Halloween at school!

My mom certainly was not letting me wander around the neighborhood at night to knock on random people’s doors asking for candy. Not a chance.

Celebrating at school was safe, fun and inclusive.

Yeah. Huge problem in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You should all pull your kids out of school on Halloween. Three quarters of the students out on the same day. Let the system feel the effects of that for a few years. See if they reinstate Halloween since so many students are adversely affected by its absence. I would totally, 100% do that if my kids were still in ES. Would not hesitate.

You know Halloween is celebrated at night, right?