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Arlington ISD Fifth Graders Not Going to Hear Bush Speak After All

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Remember this? Bit of a ruckus over the fact that Arlington ISD chose not to show President Obama’s speech to schoolchildren, but approved a field trip to hear former President Bush talk at a Super Bowl-related event?

Anyway, turns out that’s not happening anymore. Says Superintendent Jerry McCullough:

“In retrospect, I can see how the district’s decisions concerning these two events could be seen as favoring one event over another.”

And that’s enough to earn Eric Celeste’s patented: “You think so, doctor?”

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