Cumberland Valley School District's superintendent and other administrators sent a letter to staff and faculty this week rebuking a vote by board members to cancel an anti-bullying event featuring a gay actor and author.In the letter, Cumberland Valley administrators said they were unhappy with the decision by the school board to disallow Maulik Pancholy from a scheduled anti-bullying event at Mountain View Middle School.
Pancholy’s personhood was reduced to a single aspect, and his ability to communicate a message of anti-bullying and hate was discredited,' the letter said.The vote by the board prompted significant criticism from members of the public, including Trisha Comstock, a parent who started an online petition critical of the move.'I was actually angry about the conversation and then I was shocked that the vote was unanimous.
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