Boy in a Santa suit asked to quit dance

HAMPTON – A parent of a Hampton Academy Junior High School student says the principal of the school told his son to leave the school�s holiday dance on Friday night because the boy was dressed in a Santa Claus costume, which was politically incorrect.

Michael Lafond said his son, Bryan, went to the dance dressed as Santa because it was a holiday party.

Principal Fred Muscara said he told the boy he couldn�t get into the dance because he was wearing the costume.

“It was a holiday party,” said Muscara. “It was not a Christmas party. There is a separation of church and state. We have a lot of students that go to Hampton Academy Junior High that have different religions. We have to be sensitive to that.”

“The last time I checked, Christmas was the celebration of the birth of Christ and not Santa Claus,” said Leslie Lafond, Bryan�s mother.