Ventura High School principal Val Wyatt voiced her objection to Chick-fil-A and her reasoning for the ban, which she announced just hours before the school’s football team fundraiser at a back-to-school event on Wednesday, September 10.
“With their political stance on gay rights and because the students of Ventura High School and their parents would be at the event, I didn’t want them on campus,” Wyatt told the Ventura County Star.
A loyal supporter of the Ventura Unified School District (VUSD) over the years, local Chick-fil-A franchise owner Robert Shaffer was staying true to his commitment to schools by offering to give Ventura High’s booster club 200 meals for its back-to-school event last week. Chick-fil-A was to receive no profit for the meals, which were intended to raise $1,600 for the football team....