Mansfield's Jordan-Jackson Principal Explains Concert Change
Mansfield Elementary School Winter Concert's schedule change sparks debate.
This week, Mansfield became part of the “War on Christmas” debate. At the recent Mansfield school committee meeting, the matter of changing the winter chorus concert was discussed. It was changed from December and moved to January. According to Jordan Jackson Elementary School principal Teresa Murphy, the concert was changed for various reasons and had been discussed in the school since last spring. Those reasons, according to Murphy, included scheduling, a new chorus director and a few complaints over the years from Mansfield residents regarding the content of the pageant. “Our choral instructors direct a thriving program and teach 200 children over the course of the week during six different recess periods,” she stated in a press …
