School cancels kindergarten show to prepare kids for college and career. Letter to parents.

[madfloridian]

16. Verified. Not a hoax.

All but one of the people who signed the letter were unavailable for comment. One asked me to call back but then didn’t answer the phone. District Superintendent Peter Scordo declined to discuss it. Michael Conte, a spokesman for Scordo, said in an e-mail on Saturday:

Yes, the letter is authentic. As it states, the Harley Avenue Primary School educators believe that this decision is in the best interest of students.

I don’t have anything more to add for your consideration. Thank you for reaching out.

That is from the WP today.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/04/26/kindergarten-show-canceled-so-kids-can-keep-working-to-become-college-and-career-ready-really/

The letter was sent out apparently because according to the WP article parents had been calling to find out why the show was cancelled.

In the schools where I taught the yearly kindergarten play was a highlight attended by all the school.

I will make this comment. The phrase "Thank you for reaching out" is often used by the groups pushing education privatization. It is their stock phrase when queried about an issue. To me it is a bunch of words used by any group, especially when they are responding to a complaint, even customer service. It means to me that they are going to spin me in circles and not really give an answer.