Our elementary school canceled Halloween

[Anonymous]

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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?

I think all mainstream American holidays should be celebrated. Why not have a holiday concert with songs celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah? Why not celebrate Halloween, which is not religious at all? Ditto for American Valentine’s Day?

[Anonymous]

Why does your kid need to celebrate Halloween in school? Why can't you just have a neighborhood parade and celebrate Halloween in the evening like everyone else? Entitled much?

[Anonymous]

As a teacher, I can tell you that Halloween is super fun and incredibly hard. I hate getting kids into costumes. They are really nutty all day. And that damn parade! Why can't families celebrate on their own? Why does this have to happen during school hours? Kids have 4-5 hours to trick or treat after school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I think all mainstream American holidays should be celebrated. Why not have a holiday concert with songs celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah? Why not celebrate Halloween, which is not religious at all? Ditto for American Valentine’s Day?

Technically Halloween and Valentine's Day are, in fact, based on religion:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/10/28/guess-what-halloween-is-more-christian-than-pagan/

Valentine's Day --> St. Valentine

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Livid"? Okay but why? Yes it's fun, but not everyone doe's celebrate Halloween. For the kids who don't, 1-4 adults have to be held back in the gym to take those kids who don't and do some activity while the rest of the school parties. Dealing with the influx of parent volunteers or spectators is hectic for the front office. Dealing with parents who refuse to follow the rules for what kind of food can be brought in is annoying. Some room parents do a lot and that class gets a cake, a ton of candy, and goody bags, whereas the other classroom next door gets much less because that parent didn't know that next door would be a big bash.

I also loved watching the parades when my kids were younger. It's sad when a school cancels it, but they didn't cancel Halloween--your kid can still go trick or treating. They just canceled it IN school. I would be sad, not livid.

Who cares about the kids who don’t? The rest of the school has to be held hostage to their freakish ways? This is just another example of right-wing, Christian influence in our schools. I am sick of right wingers and their cancel culture.

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[Anonymous]

Frustrating, but "livid"- ???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I think all mainstream American holidays should be celebrated. Why not have a holiday concert with songs celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah? Why not celebrate Halloween, which is not religious at all? Ditto for American Valentine’s Day?

Technically Halloween and Valentine's Day are, in fact, based on religion:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/10/28/guess-what-halloween-is-more-christian-than-pagan/

Valentine's Day --> St. Valentine

OMG I’m Catholic and I know about St. Valentine.

But I’m also an American adult who realizes that we say “Happy Valentines” Day—not “Happy St. Valentines Day.” It’s not a holy day of obligation. It’s akin to St. Patrick’s Day which actually does retain the word “saint” in the title yet nobody gets bent out of shape about wearing green.

As a Catholic, I also realize Halloween is not a religious holiday—nor is it the “satanic” holiday that a small sect of Christians believe it is.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Send your kids to school in costume. Easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Send your kids to school in costume. Easy.

It would be an interesting idea to send your kid dressed in all black. It’s a safe protest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I can tell you that Halloween is super fun and incredibly hard. I hate getting kids into costumes. They are really nutty all day. And that damn parade! Why can't families celebrate on their own? Why does this have to happen during school hours? Kids have 4-5 hours to trick or treat after school!

I agree. School should be about learning, not having fun with your entire class! It should be about bonding with your IMMEDIATE FAMILY, not sharing an experience with your schoolmates!! Or your teacher! Your teacher is for DRUDGERY and drudgery alone! NEVER FORGET THAT CHILDREN!!!

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Halloween has gotten bigger and bigger the last several decades. It we take it out of schools, it will still be in homes, on streets, in retail stores, etc. My kids were given Halloween candy by their instructor at their swim lessons the week of Halloween for God’s sake! There’s no threat that Halloween will vanish.