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Are Christmas decorations on school buses OK? In Wallingford-Swarthmore, a holiday controversy brews.

Banning Christmas decorations, music and clothing was never the intent, said Superintendent Wagner Marseille.

After some Wallingford-Swarthmore parents complained about Christmas decorations on school buses, the district's transportation director told bus drivers they had to remove the decorations and not play Christmas music. Superintendent Wagner Marseille said the memo resulted from a misunderstanding; decorations are allowed, but employees were urged to find a balance of diverse holiday traditions.
After some Wallingford-Swarthmore parents complained about Christmas decorations on school buses, the district's transportation director told bus drivers they had to remove the decorations and not play Christmas music. Superintendent Wagner Marseille said the memo resulted from a misunderstanding; decorations are allowed, but employees were urged to find a balance of diverse holiday traditions.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer