Parents reportedly pull kids from school over Ivanka Trump visit

Norwalk Early College Academy administrators didn't notify parents of 'surprise' pop up

Dec 20, 2017

Parents at a New Jersey academy reportedly pulled their kids out of school because of a surprise visit from First Daughter Ivanka Trump.

On Monday, Trump went to Norwalk Early College Academy, a program where students can study software engineering and earn an associate’s degree along with a high school diploma.

While she was there, she talked up education and learning life skills.

“To see the passion and enthusiasm for bringing real life skills into a classroom environment but then coupling it with real life experience through internship creates this really beautiful virtuous angle,” Trump said.

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Parents didn’t know

Because of security concerns, the school didn’t tell parents about the upcoming visit.

And, according to News 12 New Jersey, that didn’t sit well with a lot of parents. Several parents took their children home in protest of the visit.

“This should have been brought to our attention, although I do understand security reasons,” one angry parent said. “I think we should have had the choice to send our child to school or keep them home.”