School District To Use "Winter Break", Not "Christmas Break"

Fox News today reports on a turnaround by the South Kitsap, Washington School District. In the past, the December school vacation had been called "Winter break". In May, the school board voted to instead call the vacation "Christmas break". However, Sheldon Levine, an ACLU member, wrote the school board criticizing its lack of sensitivity and arguing that the new name might violate the state Constitution's requirement (Art. 9, Sec. 4) that public schools be "free from sectarian control of influence." After receiving these objections, the board reversed itself and went back to the "Winter break" label. Needless to say, some are accusing Levine of "stealing Christmas".