FORT MYERS, Fla. – Employees at Florida Gulf Coast University are protesting a campus ban on Christmas decorations in common spaces.
The Staff Advisory Council voted on Monday to send university leaders a letter explaining employees' concerns.
The university administration said employees can decorate their desks but not common areas.
It also canceled a greeting card design contest and renamed a giving tree for needy preschoolers a "giving garden."
In a memo to faculty and staff last week, President Wilson Bradshaw said public institutions "often struggle with how best to observe the season in ways that honor and respect all traditions."
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