Michelle Obama visited our school...

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...two weeks ago today. The event came about after the schoolboard called her to come speak to our students and other members of our community to try and get more voters for Pennsylvania's upcoming primary that will hold a big part in deciding the Democratic Presidental candidate. She came to talk to the students about various topics like what Mr. Obama's life was like and how he grew up and earned respect rather than it coming naturally. I thought she was a very good speaker, she didn't use notes or a script or anything, it all came from the heart and she really ment it. And, to be honest, she didn't really talk much about the upcoming race at all.

However, there came to be some issues with the fact that the schoolboard supported one politician over another. Of course, the schoolboard had to have voted to temporarily suspent the policy regarding having politician on district property (which they did) and now more members who were absent from the vote are speaking out against it, saying they are disappointed to be a member of the town. More and more, people are wearing "Clinton 08" and "Vote Obama" pins and there are even students trying to hold pep rallies on school grounds. For those of you who are familliar with previous supreme court cases, you'll know that Abington (my school district) has already gone down this path and lost to a boy named Ellery Schempp, who brought a Qu'ran to school to read instead of a Bible. Still, the schoolboard stands by its decision, saying it was a positive experience for young students and the postives greatly outweigh the negatives.

My question to you is do you think it's right for the schoolboard to temporarily suspend the policy regarding partisan politics just because an important politician (or wife of one) came to the school to speak? And if you were on the schoolboard, what would you have voted?