Posted on 03/12/2015 12:25:01 PM PDT by CedarDave
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Seniors at an Albuquerque high school whose plans for an unusual prom theme sparked interest and criticism from around the country have landed on a new prom theme: Prom.
It’s their way of taking back ownership of their prom theme, after the suggestion of a communism connotation created a backlash they weren’t anticipating.
After KRQE News 13 reported that students at Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School voted on “Prom-munism” as the theme for their spring formal dance, news traveled fast.
Some headlines pointed out the irony of the theme: “Students democratically pick communism-themed prom.”
Others were outraged. According to head administrator Sam Obenshain, some of the emails the school received were threatening.
He says students never intended to make light of the atrocities committed under communist regimes.
(Excerpt) Read more at krqe.com ...
Was he also Jesse Jackson’s father?
;-)
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