According to the Press Democrat, the Santa Rosa School District in Santa Rosa, California has reversed its decision to cancel a production of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, the 2004 play by Bert V. Royal, at Santa Rosa High School. The district is now limiting performances to those 16 and over. However, it is not currently known when those performances will be allowed to take place.
“While the parents of the students performing in the play were informed of its content and provided consent, we recognize that the same opportunity was not given to all parents whose students may have attended without their supervision,” said Santa Rosa City Schools Board President Omar Medina and Superintendent Daisy Morales in a joint statement to the Press Democrat.
Officials assert the original decision for cancellation was “not made out of censorship but out of caution and concern,” and their policy is that special events like plays “promote a positive school climate,” and remain of “educational relevance”. It prohibits work that is “obscene, vulgar or incite[s] violence.”…