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This week’s Feedback Friday topic is:
High School Homecomings Postponed/Cancelled
On Wednesday evening at the Anne Arundel County School Board meeting, emotions were tense as many parents of high school students were vocal in their disappointment with the board’s announcement that all county high school homecoming dances would be postponed due to Covid-19. Other schools and colleges across the region and U.S. have also postponed or cancelled homecoming weekend celebrations because of pandemic precautions. And some have not.
Meanwhile, many celebrations and large-scale events continue as planned across the county, state, and nation.
Our questions to you:
Should high school homecoming dances and weekend celebrations be postponed/cancelled this fall? Why or why not?
If not, what, if any, precautions or protocols would you suggest being put in place to ensure the safety of all students, teachers, and personnel?
Please share your thoughts by filling out this form.
Last week, we asked you about the “Talbot Boys” Confederate Statue Removal and you responded! Here is a sampling of reader responses. To read more, click here.
I strongly believe that the Talbot Boys monument should remain where it was put up well over 100 years ago. It is part of our history, both good and bad.
Duane Hilghman, Easton
On the courthouse lawn, where people of color have difficulty believing they can get justice, to have a KKK Jim Crow era monument to Confederate soldiers is wrong. It is historic. So is KKK but I don’t want them in my face. Move them where anyone can go visit if they like not where you must see them. Judge Tandy, who ruled slaves were property not people got moved off the state capital land properly. Besides, those who most want not to have history removed are pretty ignorant of the facts of history in my experience.
Carol C., St. Michaels
