Indian River schools alone on Treasure Coast in not allowing schools to air Obama's live address to students

By Jim Turner
Friday, September 4, 2009
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VERO BEACH — Indian River County School District officials will not reverse their decision to prohibit the live broadcast of what has grown into a controversial address by President Obama to encourage students to work hard and stay in school.

The White House is expected to release the text of the address on Monday, a day before the midday speech is given.

However, because Monday is a holiday, the district would not have time to review the material in time to make any decision on the subject matter or provide parents enough time to let their children opt out of hearing the address, said Patty Vasquez, the district’s public information officer.

“We are not partisan. We do not allow political speeches to be made at school from politicians,â€