Ah.. Massachusetts. Home of the Kennendy’s, Barney Frank’s and of course fake injun Elizabeth Warren. The Halloween costume parade Mitchell Elementary School in Needham has been canceled. Why? Because of inclusion or something. This is your progressive liberalism in the twenty first century.
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A Massachusetts elementary school canceled its student Halloween celebrations this week in the name of inclusion.
In years past, Mitchell Elementary School in Needham celebrated Halloween with class parties and a parade of kids in costumes, but this year administrators put the kibosh on the festivities because some families keep kids home from school on the big day, WCVB reports.
“For many years Mitchell has celebrated Halloween with class parties and a parade of students in costume. However, Halloween is a holiday that not all families celebrate and – for various reasons – some Mitchell families keep their children home from school on that day,” principal Gregory Bayse wrote in a letter to parents Thursday.
Bayse wrote that at least one teacher complained of the “awkwardness planning a class celebration knowing that not all of her students would be able to participate” and school staff were “near-unanimous” in the decision to do away with the tradition.
“I recognize that this decision will be disappointing to some who may feel like Mitchell is changing,” the principal wrote. “I would agree that this represents a change, but I believe that in the long-term any