Posted on 10/01/2004 7:30:02 AM PDT by esryle
That's rotten.
Maybe Bush should say he'll over look them while protecting the rest of America.
No, the superintendent in IN that had a girl suspended for singing for the President was a guy. They're all cut from the same cloth.
My answer was "Yes."
Baloney, Ron. Of course it's a purely political appearance -- but that is part of Civics and a worthy reason to let the kids play and attend the speech. And when JFK campaigns there, the kids should play for him too, if invited.
A PULIC school is FUNDED by TAX PAYERS and I am a TAX PAYER.
I don't want my TAXES FUNDING THIS SCHOOL.
Let's hear it for homeschooling and private schools and education.
--Boot Hill
Well, I will say this...I've never seen a President in person. However, I was living in Oklahoma City and working just down the street when clinton came to deliver a speech sometime after the bombing. Did I go? No.
"Vouchers anyone??"
The sooner the better!
My daughter goes to a private school. Yet WE PAY TAXES for this PARTISAN CRAP?
Factually incorrect.
During the President's recent visit to Bangor, Maine; the Bangor High School Band was also forced to refuse to play at the appearance, due to the superintendent ruling that they could not perform at such an event, "because it's political".
This same superintendent of course has no problem using school stationery, school photocopiers, and sending every student home with a letter using fear tactics to defeat a voter referendum (#1) known in Maine as the 'Palesky Tax Cap' proposal. Furthermore, he had principals and teachers pound their fear into every parent's head at all the school open houses the same week.
You know the liberal mantra "do as we say, not as we do."
I'm sure the woman in Allentown is no different.
Fortunately, the private non-profit John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor had no such compunctions and gladly played for the President's appearance.
"Click here for Parkland School District's admin's web page."
Thank you for link. I just wrote this letter to the superintendent taking some of the comments printed by others here, (VRWC member et al.)
Nick
Dear Ms. Donohue:
I was deeply saddened to hear that you, not your students, decided to reject an invitation to have the Parkland High School band play for the President of the United States. I know of no other school ever, turning down an invitation to play for the President of the United States.
When a High school band declines an opportunity to perform for the President of the United States, that is NOT remaining neutral. That is making a definite statement of opposition.
Regardless of who holds the office, it is an honor to be invited to perform for that office. You can claim that you do not "want to be divisive", but you have in a very loud way made a divisive statement with your decision.
You may wish to visit the site of this wonderful band that played for the president and over 50,000 spectators in Ohio recently.
http://lakotawestbands.rubinoff.org/
Sincerely,
nav
"........doesn't want to be divisive." Now she only looks idiotic. This person is running a school district? Heaven help the students.
They probably have a crappy band and wish to avoid public embarrasment.
And something else...the thing about not being "divisive". Does the idiot superintendent really believe that it's going to make a da*n bit of difference for either campaign if some public school in Allentown, PA is viewed as endorsing a candidate?
"OTOH, five weeks before an election, it's likely that any public appearance by the President is going to be as much a political occasion as a civic one. So the principal did have a dilemma here. What is this all about, anyway? Is this a flat-out campaign appearance by the President? If so, I think the principal did the right thing. If not, then perhaps he didn't."
That has nothing to do with it. These kids were deprived the opportunity to play before the President of the United States. I suppose with your logic, if it were FDR during an election year, during WWII or Lincoln furing an election year in the middle of the Civil War, you'd say it would be proper not to play before them either.
Hog wash.
Nick
pennsylvania euro woosies.
Good note. Send your thoughts to Ms. Donahue the superintendent.
nick
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