Dolly and Miley banned in Wisconsin Schools over ‘Rainbowland’
- John Hayden
- March 30, 2023
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"Rainbowland," a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus that celebrates acceptance, was recently banned from a spring concert set list at a Wisconsin elementary school.
Sarah Schindler's first-grade daughter at the school came home from school saying in shock, "We can't sing it anymore. We can't sing 'Rainbow Connection' and we can't sing 'Rainbowland.'" Tempel, a first-grade dual language teacher at Heyer Elementary in Waukesha, Wisconsin, appeared to be just as upset as Schindler and her daughter. She Tweeted, “My first graders were so excited to sing Rainbowland for our spring concert but it has been vetoed by our administration. When will it end?"
According to Schindler, the school board had a conservative flip in recent years following community uproar over COVID-19 mitigation strategies. One of those controversial topics is a policy saying that teachers can't have any kind of signage that could be deemed political. ... Discussion of pronouns with students was another thing that came up. And teachers aren't allowed to wear rainbows.
Leigh Radichel Tracy is another Waukesha resident with children enrolled in the district who spoke with The Times about the ongoing controversy in the community. "The School District of Waukesha has really cracked down on anything LBGTQ,"
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