Andover principal agrees to host controversial speakers

By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff

Andover High School's principal agreed today to invite a controversial group to speak on campus more than a month after he cancelled their talk at school.

In October Principal Peter Anderson postponed the talk by Wheels of Justice, a group of self-described peace activists touring the nation in a school bus after critics claimed their views were extreme. The speakers are critical of the US and Israeli governments. The group said they offer a variety of views.

Anderson issued a statement today saying the group's talk will be one of a series of discussions offering different viewpoints about conflicts in the Middle East. Dates for the new talks have not been set.

The decision to postpone the talk last month raised protests from the ACLU of Massachusetts and teachers that the principal had stifled free speech.

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