Should School Districts Have Not Allowed Students to Watch Obama's Speech

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I am a special education teacher in a school district in Southern California that did not allow any students in the district to watch Obama's speech today. I personally am a supporter of Obama, but in my professional life, I believe that everyone has a right to their own opinion and try to keep my personal views out of any discussion being held on politics from a learning perspective. I feel that my students should have been able to view his speech. There was some very motivational material in it especially for the special ed population who need all the inspiration they can get to continue in school and try their best. I also feel that it was teaching our children to be disrespectful to the president of our country by telling them not to listen to what he has to say. Listen, then judge and make your own decisions. I do not think a school district should have the right to ban all students from seeing/listening to the speech. I know that not all of the 900+ families in my school wanted their children banned from hearing the president's words. Was anyone else in a similar situation today? How did you handle it?