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Letter to STAND from a 4th Grader at RVC

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Below, is a letter written by a 4th grader at Ross Valley Charter School. The 4th grader asked our school director, Luke, to send this to STAND. I publish here on behalf of the 4th grader and Luke, with the 4th grader's parents' consent.



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To Stand,

It is not very nice of you to arrange a protest against our school, right in front of our school. Your balloons and signs are very hurtful and we didn't like to pass hurtful things on our way to school. It ruins our day and it makes us want to ruin yours. But we don't because being impolite is wrong. It doesn't seem like you know that. We are asking you to stop. We want you to think about how you are hurting lots of kid's feelings. Including a lot of kindergartners, some of which [sic] are five years old. If you would at least think of changing your ways, it would mean very much to our school.

- RVC 4th grader

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