The board rejected a request for a statement elaborating on the reasons for the cancellation, explaining that the media director is currently out of town.
The children sing about a world where “sick people just die,” where “oil fills the sea,” where “Big Bird is sacked,” and where the atmosphere is “frying.”
While the school board denied that the trip was to support Obama, one student said that the teacher organizing the trip left no room for doubt about the purpose of the trip.