D69 Halloween Ban Makes National News
Huffington Post Live gathers commenters from the local area and around the country to talk about District 69's decision to ban Halloween celebrations, candy, parades, etc. from its schools.
Now that the Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 school board has let stand Superintendent Quintin Shepherd's decision to ban Halloween parades, parties, candy and celebrations, people around the country are talking about it.
Huffington Post Live sought out district parents and residents to talk about the ban, and what it means for district children, on a broadcast segment called "Trick or Treat" that aired nationally Thursday.
Dr. Shepherd said the ban was imposed to be sensitive to parents who had economic, religious and cultural concerns.
A Baltimore commenter said he didn't buy the economic argument, explaining that when he was a kid, children could simply raid their parents' closets for clothing and use their imaginations to make them into Halloween costumes.
He also said creating a Halloween costume could be an exercise in creativity for kids; a Chicago mom agreed, saying she had heard of a school which asked kids to dress like characters from children's books, in order to reinforce the idea of reading.
Michael Lande, a parent in D69, said it was tough to tell his kids about the ban. He also said he'd be willing to donate costumes his family has collected over the years to others to minimize the costs involved.
Niles-Morton Grove Patch Editor Pam DeFiglio also participated in the discussion.
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Mr. Rats
8:36 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Do not send your kids to school Oct 31 or if you must send them in costumes. Protest this very dumb edict from King Quintin with the complicity of the board. This April do not vote for the following vote for anyone who says that the Halloween decision will be rescinded:
TERRI LEFLER President
MAGGIE NESSIM Vice President
BARBARA PODDIG Secretary
SHAJAN JOSE Member
MARK CHAO Member
LISA KAIHARA Member
ZACHARY WILLIAMS Member
Mr. Rats
8:37 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
My websites are down but I'm coming back with a vengeance.
Mr. Rats
8:39 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
This has nothing to do with economics, I'll say it one more time. This has nothing to do with economics. A certain culture based on a religion that starts with an M is offended by Halloween. Next up Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Valentine, St. Patricks, Columbus, MLK. Every single one of them based off another religion that starts with a C.
Mr. Rats
8:41 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Halloween is no longer religious and is 100% secular. It is a part of our American culture.
Mr. Rats
8:42 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
The culture based on a religion that starts with an M, needs to make a greater effort to assimilate into our American culture. They can contribute into the melting pot if they wish but we should not take apart ours to appease them.
Mr. Rats
8:45 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Halloween is traditional, American, fun, delicious, scary, goofy, an inspiration for horror films, ever-evolving, silly, dumb and it's perfect the way it is. Doesn't need to be banned.
Mr. Rats
8:47 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
I'm making it my singular effort to unseat every one of these board members with the goal of firing King Quintin and reinstituting Halloween.
TERRI LEFLER President
MAGGIE NESSIM Vice President
BARBARA PODDIG Secretary
SHAJAN JOSE Member
MARK CHAO Member
LISA KAIHARA Member
ZACHARY WILLIAMS Member
Mr. Rats
8:48 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
This April don't forget the board member names when voting.
Mr. Rats
8:56 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Another reason why the educational industrial complex must be dismembered and thrust asunder. It's top-heavy with administration, influenced too much by union thugs, too expensive with runaway costs, salaries and pensions. All this to produce the lowest performing kids in the industrialized world and some third world countries.
Mr. Rats
9:00 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Heaven forbid we let kids be creative or to think independently. If we did that the liberal agenda would be seriously harmed. An agenda to create zombies for a new world order in which American culture, history and independence has no place. As I've said it before canceling the one day is no big deal. With the production of these new young zombies, it's Halloween everyday the rest of the year.
Mr. Rats
9:04 am on Saturday, October 27, 2012
It's not "Dr." Quintin's fault though, he is simply a product of the same educational industrial complex of the previous crop of zombies that are running the show now.
Lorel Park
2:43 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
Editor: Is this really appropriate content? The pictures Rats has posted - really? He was shut down for a reason and you will continue to allow his content? Shame. It’s just perpetuating the issue.
Mr. Rats
5:12 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
Shut down? I don't think so. I took it down to launch a much more sophisticated attack. Stay tuned and Happy Halloween!
Anderson
11:31 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Rats has a LOT of time on his hands. It's kind of sad, really.