"Offend" what other "cultures"? The anti-American subset culture? The refusal to assimilate immigrant culture? Who cares? Certainly not I. This is America!
Another excuse offered by a DOE spokeswoman, is that the song is not age appropriate, while Justin Bieber's "Baby" remains on the program. Yeah, that makes loads of sense. Providing cover?
Greta Hawkins, principal of PS 90, the Edna Cohen School
(New York Post) –A controversial Coney Island principal has pulled the plug on patriotism.
Her refusal to let students sing "God Bless the USA" at their graduation has sparked fireworks at a school filled with proud immigrants.
Greta Hawkins, principal of PS 90, the Edna Cohen School, won't allow kindergartners to belt out the beloved Lee Greenwood ballad, also known as "Proud to be an American," at their moving-up ceremony.
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But Hawkins marched in on a recent rehearsal and ordered a CD playing the anthem to be shut off, staffers said.
She told the teachers to drop the song from the program.
"We don't want to offend other cultures," they quoted her as explaining.
The curt edict stunned both staff and parents.
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Department of Education spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti gave The Post an explanation staffers said they never heard — that Hawkins found the lyrics "too grown up" for 5-year-olds.
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Scaperotti said the department supports the principal's decision. "The lyrics are not age-appropriate," she said.
But Justin Bieber's flirty song about teen romance, "Baby," was deemed a fine selection for the show. Hawkins had no problem with 5-year-olds singing lines such as, "Are we an item? Girl, quit playing."
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If Principle Hawkins loathes American patriotism as much as I suspect she does, (she had tried to end the morning tradition of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and singing "America The Beautiful" but failed due to staff objections) her dishonesty is despicable. She like many of her cowardly kind, speak in code, choosing instead to spit on America sideways.
The DOE reprimanded her in 2010 for calling the school "racist". Some staffers have called her a 'tyrant' and a 'bully'. So, she is a real piece of work even without her un-American views.
Contact info:
P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School
Principle: Greta Hawkins
Address: 2840 WEST 12 STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11224
Phone: 718-266-8090
Fax: 718-266-7018
Community School District Office Phone: (718) 391-8313
Community District Superintendent: Isabel Dimola
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