NJ school: We didn’t tell your boys to cross-dress

NJ school: We didn’t tell your boys to cross-dress
By The Associated Press
04.15.2010 10:30am EDT

(Maple Shade, NJ) A teacher’s explanation to parents of a women’s history project planned for her third-graders contained these words: “If your child is a young man, he does not have to wear a dress or skirt.”

That didn’t stop a parent and a blogger from complaining that little boys were being asked to cross-dress as part of the “gay agenda.” From there, the Maude Wilkins School’s project about the evolution of women’s clothing quickly took on a life of its own – and now it’s been called off completely.

“In hindsight,” Superintendent Michael Livengood said Wednesday, “maybe a different activity could have been chosen that was a little bit more relevant to history.”

It’s the second time in six months that a New Jersey school program has attracted wide attention for something officials say was planned innocently. About 70 protesters visited a Burlington County school in October, upset about a song in which students praised President Barack Obama.

In both cases, administrators say, the ensuing uproar was due to blogs that spread the word but got the intent wrong.

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And even if it did... who cares?

What I don't understand his how this made it into such a big deal when it specifically said the boys did not have to wear dresses.

People can be so weird at times.

And third grade is in the range where Boys do not want to be around or play with Girls, IIRC. (they have cooties you know ;^))

Heck there are parts of this country that seem to freak over a guy wearing a pink shirt. (Yes I have one in the closet:o)

What I find more troubling is the concept that this is related to the "Gay Agenda". Seems more to me that the intent was to instill empathy for what women wear as fashion.

nt

with testing and preparing for tests it has no place in any school curriculum. NOT!