Parents Protest on First Day of School in Morton;

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BY: Christopher Brewer
Source: chronline.com
Washington - ~Parents Protest on First Day of School in Morton; Moulton Calls in Sick~
High Drama: Twenty-Five Picket Outside School, Take Show to Moulton's House

MORTON - The first day of school in Morton brought a circus-like atmosphere to town with roughly 20 parents - and six members of the Gargoyles motorcycle group from Tacoma - protesting the reinstatement of a teacher who was a no-show to his own class.

Superintendent Tom Manke said Moulton used a sick day and stayed home - away from the display along Westlake Avenue as parents protested Moulton's reinstatement with signs reading "Quit Touching Our Kids," "If You Don't Protect the Children, We Will" and "Touch Yourself, Not Children."