By Richard Bammer

For the first time in recent memory, Vanden High School leaders have banned Halloween costumes, saying they distract from the school’s educational mission, but the decision, like sour candy, has puckered the faces and feelings of some students.

“I’m kind of upset,” said senior Devon Smith, a member of the Fairfield school’s varsity girls tennis team. “For us seniors, it’s, like, our last year to be kiddish before we graduate and enter the real world.”

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