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Sandmeier Principal Provides Halloween Costume Guidelines for Students

Students are to change into costumes once at school.

In a message on the school's listserv, Principal Hillary Corburn laid out guidelines for students at Monday's Halloween celebration. The guideline follows the of the controversial decision to at .

The full letter is below.

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Here are a few things you need to know in preparation for our Halloween
celebrations on Monday:

  • Students are not permitted to wear costumes to school. Costumes are to be brought to school in a bag labeled with your child's first and last name and the name of their homeroom teacher.
  • Students will change into costumes after the Halloween Safety
  • Program by the Springfield Police Department.
  • Costumes are to be simple and require little, if any, adult
  • assistance.
  • Costumes must not contain any weapon-like accessory or anything
  • that can be construed as violent.




I appreciate your cooperation regarding this celebration.


Hillary Corburn
Principal, Thelman L. Sandmeier Elementary School
Springfield, NJ 07081

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