Anonymous wrote:Honestly MCPS with its overly PC positions is going to make me vote GOP. A lot of folks are very frustrated with their far left policies like ridiculous quarantines and school closures. Eliminating Halloween probably the tip of the iceberg. They really need to be careful.

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Anonymous wrote:Halloween and Valentine's Day were my favorite memories from elementary school. Feel sad that my DC's school isn't having a Halloween party either. Fall festivals are a politically correct but poor substitute.

Yes some folks dislike the scary/occult imagery that's sometimes associated with Halloween. If this is a huge issue then I suppose the individual school can specify no scary costumes. IMO these are very American holidays and we should keep America 'American' and not be overly serious and worry about offending every little special interest group. For Halloween, the spookiness is part of the fun and it's the one day people can be free to let loose and use their imaginations.

I really hope that American cultural identity doesn't rise or fall on having Halloween and Valentine's Day parties during the school day in elementary school.

-US-born American

Too bad for your kids

Honestly MCPS with its overly PC positions is going to make me vote GOP. A lot of folks are very frustrated with their far left policies like ridiculous quarantines and school closures. Eliminating Halloween probably the tip of the iceberg. They really need to be careful.

Anonymous wrote:Halloween and Valentine's Day were my favorite memories from elementary school. Feel sad that my DC's school isn't having a Halloween party either. Fall festivals are a politically correct but poor substitute.

Yes some folks dislike the scary/occult imagery that's sometimes associated with Halloween. If this is a huge issue then I suppose the individual school can specify no scary costumes. IMO these are very American holidays and we should keep America 'American' and not be overly serious and worry about offending every little special interest group. For Halloween, the spookiness is part of the fun and it's the one day people can be free to let loose and use their imaginations.

I really hope that American cultural identity doesn't rise or fall on having Halloween and Valentine's Day parties during the school day in elementary school.

-US-born American

Halloween and Valentine's Day were my favorite memories from elementary school. Feel sad that my DC's school isn't having a Halloween party either. Fall festivals are a politically correct but poor substitute.

Yes some folks dislike the scary/occult imagery that's sometimes associated with Halloween. If this is a huge issue then I suppose the individual school can specify no scary costumes. IMO these are very American holidays and we should keep America 'American' and not be overly serious and worry about offending every little special interest group. For Halloween, the spookiness is part of the fun and it's the one day people can be free to let loose and use their imaginations.

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree with doing the political causes thing at school and i also disagree with doing halloween at school. Leave that for after.

Especially in elementary school. That’s ridiculous.

Six year olds should ‘pick a cause’? Not appropriate.

Fine if they want to do this in MS.

Why is it ridiculous?

At six, my kid would have picked the rescue that we got our dog from, or the butterfly garden because he likes to run around there. It's totally appropriate for 6 year olds to know that things they value are funded by donations.

At 6, most kids don't know about politics and my kid wouldn't have known about donations or causes as its not appropriate for 6 year old. The causes thing is dumb. Dress your kid in halloween colors or get a halloween shirt at target or children's place and be done with it.

There are no 6 year olds at CCES, they are all 3rd - 5th graders. They absolutely know about supporting a cause and what they personally care about. The causes aren’t necessarily political, either. I’m sure with how charged up everyone was about indoor lunch, it seemed wise to adjust the plan this year from unmasked class sugar fest parties with various parents in attendance. I have kids at the school and I am generally cynical in life, but I don’t think this idea is bad or half baked.

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree with doing the political causes thing at school and i also disagree with doing halloween at school. Leave that for after.

Especially in elementary school. That’s ridiculous.

Six year olds should ‘pick a cause’? Not appropriate.

Fine if they want to do this in MS.

Why is it ridiculous?

At six, my kid would have picked the rescue that we got our dog from, or the butterfly garden because he likes to run around there. It's totally appropriate for 6 year olds to know that things they value are funded by donations.

At 6, most kids don't know about politics and my kid wouldn't have known about donations or causes as its not appropriate for 6 year old. The causes thing is dumb. Dress your kid in halloween colors or get a halloween shirt at target or children's place and be done with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow what lazy parents that find classroom parties and parades a pain… it’s Halloween! Didn’t you have a childhood?

yeah - we did. we celebrated halloween by trick or treating. we didn't have a classroom party or a parade. somehow both the country and we survived.

oh ffs. No one is saying that anyone will "not survive." Is survival your standard, though? If so that's a pretty low bar--and pretty sad. Since when is it bad to love something, be passionate about it and sentimental even? Is this a race to the bottom in terms of who can care less and have less enthusiasm? Down with joy! Let's be cynical and apathetic and accuse anyone who feels deeply about anything of having a moral panic.

I know your drill, and it's pathetic. I have to ask, is sitting around dcurbanmom sniping at people who have the nerve to care about stuff actually fun for you?

PP, you are welcome to be passionate about Halloween parades in public schools, if you want, and to be sad if there isn't one. Similarly, other people are welcome to be indifferent to Halloween parades in public schools, or even to be happy that the school is not having them.

Regardless, the good news is that Chevy Chase ES is NOT canceling Halloween. Take your kids out on October 31 and celebrate to your heart's content.

You're missing the point - the "everyone survived" poster isn't being indifferent, or even happy--"indifferent" would presumably mean not posting, "happy" would typically result in explaining why they feel happy about this-- they're using a straw man to mock someone ELSE for caring. Imagine you posted about something you cared about. (If indeed you care about something.) If you expressed your feeling earnestly, would it be constructive for me to respond by saying, "well, that's, dumb, people will survive just fine without [chocolate chip cookies/girl scouts/exercise/church/HBO], so you shouldn't bother taking up oxygen by telling us about it."

Imagine someone posted something like "Wow what lazy parents that find classroom parties and parades a pain… it’s Halloween! Didn’t you have a childhood?"

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Anonymous wrote:Wow what lazy parents that find classroom parties and parades a pain… it’s Halloween! Didn’t you have a childhood?

yeah - we did. we celebrated halloween by trick or treating. we didn't have a classroom party or a parade. somehow both the country and we survived.

oh ffs. No one is saying that anyone will "not survive." Is survival your standard, though? If so that's a pretty low bar--and pretty sad. Since when is it bad to love something, be passionate about it and sentimental even? Is this a race to the bottom in terms of who can care less and have less enthusiasm? Down with joy! Let's be cynical and apathetic and accuse anyone who feels deeply about anything of having a moral panic.

I know your drill, and it's pathetic. I have to ask, is sitting around dcurbanmom sniping at people who have the nerve to care about stuff actually fun for you?

PP, you are welcome to be passionate about Halloween parades in public schools, if you want, and to be sad if there isn't one. Similarly, other people are welcome to be indifferent to Halloween parades in public schools, or even to be happy that the school is not having them.

Regardless, the good news is that Chevy Chase ES is NOT canceling Halloween. Take your kids out on October 31 and celebrate to your heart's content.

You're missing the point - the "everyone survived" poster isn't being indifferent, or even happy--"indifferent" would presumably mean not posting, "happy" would typically result in explaining why they feel happy about this-- they're using a straw man to mock someone ELSE for caring. Imagine you posted about something you cared about. (If indeed you care about something.) If you expressed your feeling earnestly, would it be constructive for me to respond by saying, "well, that's, dumb, people will survive just fine without [chocolate chip cookies/girl scouts/exercise/church/HBO], so you shouldn't bother taking up oxygen by telling us about it."

....to continue the point, it would be perfectly civil and respectful to say, "Here's why i think snickerdoodles are better" or "here's how not going to church has benefitted me."

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree with doing the political causes thing at school and i also disagree with doing halloween at school. Leave that for after.

Especially in elementary school. That’s ridiculous.

Six year olds should ‘pick a cause’? Not appropriate.

Fine if they want to do this in MS.

It’s going to be fun times when larlo shows up in a t shirt with a picture of an aborted fetus.

I am not going to lie, I would be that parent to do that to their child and send them to school.

Cool. Be ready for the call to pick them up. Hope you didn’t have anything to do that day.

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree with doing the political causes thing at school and i also disagree with doing halloween at school. Leave that for after.

Especially in elementary school. That’s ridiculous.

Six year olds should ‘pick a cause’? Not appropriate.

Fine if they want to do this in MS.

It’s going to be fun times when larlo shows up in a t shirt with a picture of an aborted fetus.

“Fun times” for the kid who is sent home for violating the dress code (which is still in full effect even on a day when costumes are allowed).

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Anonymous wrote:Wow what lazy parents that find classroom parties and parades a pain… it’s Halloween! Didn’t you have a childhood?

yeah - we did. we celebrated halloween by trick or treating. we didn't have a classroom party or a parade. somehow both the country and we survived.

oh ffs. No one is saying that anyone will "not survive." Is survival your standard, though? If so that's a pretty low bar--and pretty sad. Since when is it bad to love something, be passionate about it and sentimental even? Is this a race to the bottom in terms of who can care less and have less enthusiasm? Down with joy! Let's be cynical and apathetic and accuse anyone who feels deeply about anything of having a moral panic.

I know your drill, and it's pathetic. I have to ask, is sitting around dcurbanmom sniping at people who have the nerve to care about stuff actually fun for you?

PP, you are welcome to be passionate about Halloween parades in public schools, if you want, and to be sad if there isn't one. Similarly, other people are welcome to be indifferent to Halloween parades in public schools, or even to be happy that the school is not having them.

Regardless, the good news is that Chevy Chase ES is NOT canceling Halloween. Take your kids out on October 31 and celebrate to your heart's content.

You're missing the point - the "everyone survived" poster isn't being indifferent, or even happy--"indifferent" would presumably mean not posting, "happy" would typically result in explaining why they feel happy about this-- they're using a straw man to mock someone ELSE for caring. Imagine you posted about something you cared about. (If indeed you care about something.) If you expressed your feeling earnestly, would it be constructive for me to respond by saying, "well, that's, dumb, people will survive just fine without [chocolate chip cookies/girl scouts/exercise/church/HBO], so you shouldn't bother taking up oxygen by telling us about it."

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree with doing the political causes thing at school and i also disagree with doing halloween at school. Leave that for after.

Especially in elementary school. That’s ridiculous.

Six year olds should ‘pick a cause’? Not appropriate.

Fine if they want to do this in MS.

Why is it ridiculous?

At six, my kid would have picked the rescue that we got our dog from, or the butterfly garden because he likes to run around there. It's totally appropriate for 6 year olds to know that things they value are funded by donations.

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Anonymous wrote:If they really are doing pick a cause then that is asking for trouble.

Indeed they are. And kids are supposed to dress monochrome in the color that is associated with the chosen cause. Like - dress in all red if your cause is heart disease.

Halloween is their cause. Black, orange, silver, purple. Done.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow what lazy parents that find classroom parties and parades a pain… it’s Halloween! Didn’t you have a childhood?

yeah - we did. we celebrated halloween by trick or treating. we didn't have a classroom party or a parade. somehow both the country and we survived.

oh ffs. No one is saying that anyone will "not survive." Is survival your standard, though? If so that's a pretty low bar--and pretty sad. Since when is it bad to love something, be passionate about it and sentimental even? Is this a race to the bottom in terms of who can care less and have less enthusiasm? Down with joy! Let's be cynical and apathetic and accuse anyone who feels deeply about anything of having a moral panic.

I know your drill, and it's pathetic. I have to ask, is sitting around dcurbanmom sniping at people who have the nerve to care about stuff actually fun for you?

PP, you are welcome to be passionate about Halloween parades in public schools, if you want, and to be sad if there isn't one. Similarly, other people are welcome to be indifferent to Halloween parades in public schools, or even to be happy that the school is not having them.

Regardless, the good news is that Chevy Chase ES is NOT canceling Halloween. Take your kids out on October 31 and celebrate to your heart's content.