If they didn’t get him on the religious angle, they’d get him that new policy that bans anything that tastes good in the public schools.
Schools today must be a sad, miserable place to be, and the people running them are for the most part absolute idiots. Ugh.
The funny part is that the kids actually did sort of a “silent” refusal. They simply ATE their candy canes. Unity in numbers type thing. I believe the teacher was painted in a corner: should I send all these kids to the principal for eating a candy cane or just now ignore it? I think she knew how STUPID she would have looked if eight kids showed up at the main office.. all eating candy canes. Imagine the phone call to the parents? Uh, we have your son in the office. For what? Eating a candy cane. LOL