“The themes of violence, alcohol use and thievery were not appropriate for their young students,” a district spokesperson said.
Teachers abruptly yanked hundreds of first-graders from the audience of a Fresno children’s theater production of “Oliver Twist” after becoming uncomfortable with the show’s “dark themes,” a school district spokesman said.
Clovis Unified’s Kelly Avants told the Munro Review that the teachers removed the children after deciding “the themes of violence, alcohol use and thievery were not appropriate for their young students.” The Clovis schools’ canceling of the middle school outing, she told the Bee, “hurt our reputation … suggesting that we did something that middle school kids couldn’t watch.”
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