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|description_of_content="'Higher Ground,'... tells the tale of middle-schoolers who face and overcome labeling, bullying and harassment by fellow students." [http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2008/02/drama_floods_over_higher_groun.html] | |description_of_content="'Higher Ground,'... tells the tale of middle-schoolers who face and overcome labeling, bullying and harassment by fellow students." [http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2008/02/drama_floods_over_higher_groun.html] | ||
|description_of_incident=The play, which was written by the Sherwood drama teacher, was stopped from production the week of the performance, due to complaints that the material contained within it was inappropriate. | |description_of_incident=The play, which was written by the Sherwood drama teacher, was stopped from production the week of the performance, due to complaints that the material contained within it was inappropriate. The decision to stop the play came after the Sherwood elementary school students refused to alter the play as per administrative requests. | ||
|description_of_result=In spite of a letter from NCAC, the play did not resume production. In the next year, teacher Jennie Brown resigned. | |description_of_result=In spite of a letter from NCAC, the play did not resume production. In the next year, teacher Jennie Brown resigned. | ||
|source=http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2008/02/drama_floods_over_higher_groun.html | |source=http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2008/02/drama_floods_over_higher_groun.html | ||
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