SHORT TAKES : ‘New Kids’ Not in School Policy
New Kids on the Block, the pop group known for its squeaky clean image and anti-drug stand, has inadvertently gotten some students in trouble with Gilead Christian Academy.
Officials of the independent Baptist school found out that some of their students attended a March 4 concert by the group, violating a school policy that makes attendance at rock concerts--along with smoking, drugs and alcohol--grounds for expulsion.
Keith Scott, Gilead dean of students, said the students won’t be asked to withdraw. But he sent a letter to parents reminding them of school policies on the admissions applications they signed. He added that rock music “is in direct opposition to the word of God. This stand we take without apology.”
Some parents complained that it is their right to decide what concerts their children attend. “And we have the choice to admit the student or not,” Scott responded.
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