Thursday was supposed to be the highlight of the year for more than 100 kindergarteners from Stafford County, Va. They got up early and took a chartered bus to the White House for a school field trip. But when they arrived, all the 5-year-olds got was a lesson in disappointment.
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Parents say they were just 10 minutes late for their scheduled tour. School officials say White House staff said they needed to get ready for the president’s event with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, so they couldn’t come in.
Parents say they tried to make it on time, but their chartered buses hit heavy traffic that slowed them down substantially. They thought they were supposed to show up by 10:15, but they say they arrived at 10:25 instead, and couldn’t get in.
Paty Stine said the White House staff should have made an exception. She feels the kindergarteners were snubbed for the Steelers.
“Here we have President Obama and his administration saying, ‘Here we are for the common, middle class people,’ and here he is not letting 150 5- and 6-year-olds into the White House because he’s throwing a lunch for a bunch of grown millionaires,” Stine said.
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Posted by linda mcguire | November 5, 2009, 11:33 amWhy doesn’t this surprise me. However, something doesn’t make any sense.. A 150 kids were supposed to be at the White House for a tour at 10:15. They were late, due to traffic, and arrived at 10’25 instead. They were told by staff that they could not get in because now they had to get ready for the lunch that Obama was having for the Steelers. You mean, 150 5 and 6 year olds were supposed to have a tour that could only take 10 minutes? Why bother. Something is wrong here.
Posted by Inge Phillips | July 12, 2010, 7:15 pm