The former parent of two middle school students whose board uninvited 30 Rock actor Maulik Pancholy from speaking at an assembly on anti-bullying is fighting back, starting a change.org petition demanding the openly gay actor be reinstated.
Trisha Comstock said she was “deeply saddened” and “concerned” by the decision of the Cumberland Valley School Board to cancel the assembly scheduled at Mountain View Middle School in Pennsylvania on May 22.
In her change.org petition, Comstock wrote that Pancholy was expected to talk about empathy, anti-bullying, and the books he authored, but when two board members raised concern over his “lifestyle” during an April 15 public meeting, the board unanimously overturned the appearance.
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