Very Disturbing News

I am very concerned. Our school board has decided that we will not watch the President's speech on Tuesday. This is the wording that was placed on the county's website:

Because of logistical issues related to the first day of school and other concerns regarding the short planning window available, members of the XXX XXX School Board have elected not to have XXX's schools participate in the live presentation on September 8th. They have instead expressed a preference to make the President's comments to students available via video at a later date. The plan and procedures associated with making this opportunity available for XXX's students will be announced next week. I just don't know what to do. My first ammendment hackles are up. I sent an email of concern to our public information officer, with no response yet. Can a school board really tell us that we are not allowed to watch something? I sure hope that this is not politically motivated. He is our President, and he is making the time to address students. I cannot think of another President who did this. He is making lessons available and the speech can be streamed, listened to on the radio, or on cable TV. I am just shaking my head in disbelief. Is the school board restricting students' first ammendment rights? or mine?