New Jersey school board removes holiday names from academic calendar

[Candor]

The school board of Randolph Township in Morris County, New Jersey, voted last Thursday to remove holiday names from their academic calendar. These days are now simply listed as a "day off".

Why would the board do such a thing? “If we don’t have anything on the calendar, we don’t have to have anyone be hurt feelings or anything like that,” board member Dorene Roche said before Thursday’s vote.

Apparently stating that there are days such as Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, President's Day, and Memorial Day is simply too much for some liberals to handle.

The backlash from local parents has been strong. A petition was started on Friday demanding that Randolph Township school board members and the school Superintendent "resign immediately," stating that they "clearly do not have the best interests of our children in anything they do" after voting the day before to remove holidays from the official school calendar. As of Monday morning, the petition has over 2400 signatures.

The Facebook page for Randolph Schools has been taken down. The Twitter account no longer exists.

[Tgo01]

"If we don’t have anything on the calendar, we don’t have to have anyone be hurt feelings or anything like that."

Wait is this real? Because that totally sounds like a joke quote. My God...have the jokes become reality?

[Candor]

"If we don’t have anything on the calendar, we don’t have to have anyone be hurt feelings or anything like that."

Wait is this real? Because that totally sounds like a joke quote. My God...have the jokes become reality?

Here's a link for you...they corrected the quote by omitting "be" with "[with]" (apparently for clarity).

https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/cont...hool-calendar/

[Tgo01]

Here's a link for you...

https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/cont...hool-calendar/

Christ almighty.

Although with context it at least makes a little more sense...doesn't make sense...just makes MORE sense. Apparently the school board decided all on their own and without discussion to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day, and when people complained they decided to just do away with all holiday names.

[Gelston]

Who cares what they call it?

[Tgo01]

Who cares what they call it?

I think it’s kind of shitty for schools to have these days off and pretend there is no reason for these days off. Let’s go ahead and talk about holidays and maybe even celebrate them.

[Gelston]

I think it’s kind of shitty for schools to have these days off and pretend there is no reason for these days off. Let’s go ahead and talk about holidays and maybe even celebrate them.

Or just stop being a goddamn snowflake that constantly feels victimized.

[Tgo01]

Or just stop being a goddamn snowflake that constantly feels victimized.

Fine. Do away with all holidays, all history, and all courses and turn public schools into an overpriced daycare. Only way to ensure we don't hurt anyone's feelings.

[Candor]

The petition calling for the resignation of the entire school board and the Superintendent now has over 4000 signatures. It will be interesting to see how this situation plays out.

[Methais]

Who cares what they call it?

Pretty sure it's more about the massively retarded reasoning behind it and how that kind of dumbassery will only keep spreading if it's not checked.