School officials in suburban Maryland on Wednesday backed off a decision to cancel a school musical that they had deemed inappropriate for middle school, saying performances could go on with a warning to audiences about mature content. “Pull it together Maryland Middle School. “It was then deemed more appropriate for high school and not middle school,” the email from Goldson said. At the parent meeting, school officials did not describe the material they found objectionable in detail but said it included racial humor, sexual innuendo and profanity. Other school officials — who had at first defended the decision to cancel the show — agreed to take another look.

Source: Washington Post April 24, 2019 22:58 UTC