Don’t Say Dreidel: Florida School District Reverses Its Decision To Ban Annual Presentation About Hanukkah

Florida Politics reports:

Pasco County Schools says it has reversed its decision to deny a mother’s request to give a Hanukkah presentation to her son’s fifth grade class after reporters contacted the district for an explanation. Rachel Long has visited each of her children’s classes yearly to explain Hanukkah — the Jewish “Festival of Lights.” That was until last week when she reached out to her youngest child’s fifth-grade teacher at his elementary school in New Port Richey to ask when she could come in this year.

A few days later, however, the teacher said that after speaking with school staff and district administrators, they recommended she deny Long’s request, citing Florida’s relatively new Parents’ Bill of Rights. Long contacted the school’s principal and got a similar answer. Long said the principal suggested that if the school allowed a presentation on Hanukkah, “they would have to teach Kwanza and Diwali.”

Read the full article. There’s much more to the story and it appears that the reversal only came after local television reporters began asking questions.

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