If you were planning to watch the kids parade in costumes around the school next Friday, you won't be able to at Maplewood’s Seth Boyden Elementary School this Halloween.
In a letter sent to parents on October 12, Principal Mark Quiles and PTA Co-Presidents, Amelia Rickenberg and Donna Upton announced that there will be no in-class Halloween celebrations this year citing its diverse community as the reason.
The letter states, "In the past, in-school celebrations of Halloween have made many of our students feel left out… (and as) a result, after careful consultation and deliberation, we have decided not to hold in-school Halloween activities."
According to administrators in the South Orange-Maplewood School District, nearly 20 percent of students did not take part in last year’s Halloween activities for cultural or religious reasons.
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