COLTS NECK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A visit from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon is stirring backlash in New Jersey Thursday night.

Cedar Drive Middle School in Colts Neck is among the first stops on McMahon's 50-state civics tour backed by conservative groups.

It's a partnership some families say brings politics and religion into a public-school setting.

A letter went out to Colts Neck parents on Tuesday, just three days before Friday's assembly featuring McMahon, and the History Rocks Tour, a program designed by America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and other organizations all considered strongly conservative.

Some people in Colts Neck are very concerned.

"I was shocked. I immediately, upon reading the notice that went out to families, it claims

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