Delco district is open for MLK 'lesson'

Philadephia Daily News ^ | 1/22/08 | WILLIAM BENDER

[Kid Shelleen]

Thousands of Delaware County children yesterday received a daylong lesson on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other black historic figures - whether they wanted it or not. Interboro School District required its nearly 4,000 students to report to school and participate in activities centered on King's message of nonviolence and mutual respect.

Although most schools close in observance of the national holiday, Interboro Superintendent Lois Snyder doesn't think students spend much time "observing" when they're free to sleep in or do whatever they please.

"I don't believe, in all the years that we've observed it as a holiday from school, that we've had any significant number of our students participating in service projects or doing anything that would really help them to learn the message of Dr. King," Snyder said

[CPOSharky]

Try this superintendent:

"I don't believe, in all the years that we've observed it as a holiday from school, that we've had any significant number of our students participating in service projects or doing anything that would really help them to learn the message of Jesus," Snyder said.

I'm sure that will happen this winter. /s

[Dahoser]

Interboro School District required its nearly 4,000 students to report to school and participate in activities centered on King's message of nonviolence and mutual respect.

Amazing how they don't emphasize this message of MLK:

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

Unless, of course, I missed that the quotas, preferences, set-asides and normed tests are now character-based instead of race (and gender).

[bvw]

Did everyone have a happy St. Martin’s Day? Did anyone see any any car dealer two-page spreads where St. Martin was shown at the podium shouting “I HAD A DREAM TO BUY A NEW CAR AT DAN’S FORD SHOWROOM!”?

[doodad]

Unbelievable. I was talking to our home office in WI on Monday and their schools were not out. I guess they don’t ever want to host a Super Bowl at Lambaugh.

Of course, everyone except most private businesses were off here in GA. Traffic was great.

[blam]

National Memorial Day Jefferson Davis' Birthday

TO THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

WHEREAS, the Legislature has designated the last Monday of May as the day for the observance of NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY and JEFFERSON DAVIS' BIRTHDAY, and under the provisions of Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi;

THEREFORE, all officers and employees of the State of Mississippi are authorized and empowered, at the discretion of the executive head of the department or agency, to close their respective offices in observance of the holiday...