ICYMI: Donald Trump Skits Banned From Elementary School Talent Show

April 26

WELLESLEY, MA - Students at Fiske Elementary School were reportedly asked not to perform two skits satirizing Republican presidential candidates earlier this month.

One sketch parodied a dance-off between Marco Rubio and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, while in the other three boys wore giant Trump heads to bust a move.

But after performing the sketches for the school during the morning classes, the students were asked to put on a different show for the evening production.

"It wasn't meant to be political at all," Christine Norcross said. "The kids all enjoyed it, the teachers seemed to enjoy it; I guess a couple of voices expressed concern and it affected the rest of us."

Norcross' son, AJ Van der Veen, portrayed Rubio in the "Presidential Dance Off" skit. She told Patch her son was upset because he didn't understand what he had done wrong.

According to Norcross the official explanation given by Fiske Elementary Interim Principal Rachel McGregor was that the skits did not align with the Fiske core values, and there was concern about bringing politics into school.

Van der Veen ultimately changed his sketch to a Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel performance.

"It was made into a big deal and it shouldn't be," Norcross said. "But if my son's 11 and he knows who Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are - that's a great thing that he's engaged."

Patch's calls to Fiske Interim Principal Rachel McGregor and the Wellesley Superintendent of Schools were not returned.