In a statement, the district said it called for the song to be removed because its lyrics 'could be deemed controversial' according to a school board policy on controversial issues in the classroom.
Melissa Tempel's first-grade class at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, has spent weeks preparing for its upcoming spring concert.
Students were also set to perform "Rainbowland," a 2017 duet by Miley Cyrus and her godmother, Dolly Parton, with lyrics that advocate for inclusion. Tempel started rehearsing with her students as soon as the song was suggested by another faculty member and approved by Tempel and her co-teacher. Her first graders, she said, need as much time as they can get to learn the songs by heart ahead of the concert, just before Mother's Day.
" if we all did come together to create and said, 'Hey, we're different, that's awesome, let's not change to be the same, let's stay different but let's come together anyway.' Because a rainbow's not a rainbow without all the different colors," Cyrus told NME."We're trying to support inclusivity," she said. "The love and acceptance piece, and being who you are, I don't think there's anything political about that.
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