At the request of the local school administration, a Hull School Committee member has pulled the plug on a Super Bowl-themed fund-raiser for an eighth-grade dance -- to avoid the appearance that the school system endorses gambling.

The “Super Bowl Squares” fund-raiser had been posted on the Memorial Middle School Parents’ Facebook page by Stephanie Peters, a Hull parent and School Committee member. The popular fund-raising technique involves buying squares that are randomly placed on a grid that corresponds to the football game’s score.

Christine White, a parent of a Memorial Middle School student, said she was surprised and concerned when the Super Bowl Squares notice popped up on Facebook in January, and contacted school officials.