I’m having a little bit of a slow start this morning, so in the meantime here’s your idiot news of the day:
The ACLU is demanding that school officials in the northern San Diego County community of Ramona apologize to a sixth-grade student who was not allowed to present her report on slain San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk during class time.
Instead, the principal sent letters to parents giving them the option of not allowing their child to listen to the presentation by classmate Natalie Jones. Officials cited the district policy requiring that parents be notified before any classroom instruction about sex, AIDS or “family life.”
About half the class received permission and listened to the report, which was given during lunch hour rather than regular classroom time like other students’ reports, the ACLU said.
Honestly, I don’t even know if I blame the principal for this cretinism. He probably has long experience with mobs of angry parents making his life miserable over trivia. Not exactly a profile in courage either way, though.
