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Mass School Bans Valentine's Day Over "Cultural Sensitivity"
Thursday, February 14, 2013    
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"We welcome and celebrate our diversity, however to insure equity of all beliefs we are unable to acknowledge specific holidays"

Salemwood School's policy of not celebrating holidays or birthdays during school hours isn't new, but has some residents fuming this Valentines Day. 

According to a letter sent to parents from Principal Carol Keenan last week, the school "(does) not celebrate holidays and/or birthdays during school hours," citing the "more than sixty-seven different cultures and languages" represented there. 



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