Elementary School Children Sing Occupy Songs  Kids will be kids,
right?  Eight-year-olds are now singing "I'm so happy to be part
of the 99" in their elementary school - lyrics the children
supposedly wrote themselves.  The children performed the song in
October at Woodbrook Elementary School through Kid Pan Alley.
Kid Pan Alley encourages elementary school children to become
creators through songwriting. Supporting the organization,
school representatives claim, "it is a benefit to the students
and the school system."  Despite nationwide complaints over the
"pro-Occupy" song, Steve Koleszar, the Albemarle County School
Board Chair, states that Kid Pan Alley does not "censor what the
kids write," and that these lyrics were "out of the kids' own
mouths." Kid Pan Alley's mission concurs that the students
discover the topic, although it also states "we guide the
students through the songwriting process."  Carole Thorpe, the
Jefferson Area Tea Party Chair, questions the school limits, and
debates, "Does this also