The Glen Ridge Board of Education reportedly intervened after a group of students raised money to buy the tickets for one of their teachers.
GLEN RIDGE -- A pair of tickets to Broadway's hottest show reportedly spurred a controversy at a New Jersey school district over what is considered an appropriate gift from a student to a teacher.
The gift was for a history teacher at Glen Ridge High School, the report said. (Jessica Mazzola | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)The Glen Ridge Board of Education recently voted on a controversial pair of "Hamilton" tickets a group of students bought for a history teacher last June, according to NorthJersey.com.
After the students started an online fundraising campaign to raise the money to pay for the pricey tickets, the board intervened, saying the gift violated a district policy barring teachers from accepting items of significant value from students, the report said.
The board recently ruled, however, that the teacher could accept one of the tickets, so long as the students returned the other, making the cost less extravagant, NorthJersey.com reported.
It is unclear exactly how much the tickets went for, but the fundraiser reportedly raised $1,600 toward the purchase. The hit Broadway show has made headlines for its hard-to-get and high-priced tickets.
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