Oh baby! In a very odd and interesting move, PS 90 in Brooklyn has decided to nix the traditional “God Bless The USA” song for their kindergarten graduation in favor of Justin Bieber’s smash single, “Baby.” And the City Schools Chancellor is standing behind the controversial decision! Details on the matter below. If this was your child’s school, would you support this or fight against it?
City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is standing behind a Brooklyn principal’s controversial decision to pull the plug on a popular patriotic song that was scheduled to be performed at a kindergarten graduation.
PS 90 Principal Greta Hawkins won’t allow the boys and girls to belt out Lee Greenwood’s ballad “God Bless the USA†because it’s not “age appropriate.â€
And Walcott yesterday said that’s fine by him.
“It’s her judgment to make that decision,†Walcott said. “It’s important to reinforce that they start out the morning every day of the school year with the Pledge of Allegiance and ‘America the Beautiful,’ and that, to me, is what this country is about, and they celebrate that, and that’s how we should start our day.
