The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is grappling with the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, reviewing a handful of policies “meant to increase parental involvement and lump the pledge in with other First Amendment issues that come up at school.”
The Journal reports:
The newest proposal would encourage principals to consult with parents when students don’t want to say the pledge. It would treat a refusal to say the pledge like a number of other potential First Amendment issues, including student dress. If a student feels his or her rights are violated, he or she would ask the principal for an exemption.
The principal could grant it, deny it or call the student’s parents and let them make the decision.
I think I’d rather the see the schools just do away with the Pledge rather than spend time dealing with ‘policy issues’ related to it.
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2012 At 9:13 am, Piedmonster Said:
How is this even an issue? When I was in school lots of kids (especially in the older grades) didn’t say the pledge out of sheer laziness and apathy.
If you kick out of school every lazy, apathetic child … well, you’d have smaller class sizes and spare teachers a lot of grief!
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2012 At 9:51 am, Sam Hieb Said:
I agree Piedmonster..this is our education system…..
01
2012 At 12:25 am, Stormy Said:
Our public education has come to this? Polling parents on whether Bud and Sis should say the pledge of allegiance? Watching television today, I saw a discussion whether parents could legally read their children’s text messages, even if the parents pay for the phones. Is this what we have come to in this country? Our institutions of school and parents, who have a primary responsibility to provide nourishment for growth of character for our children, are failing their responsibilities. I am sure that previous generations did not agonize over such trivialities. In some states, school officials can take underage pregnant girls for an abortion without the parents’ knowledge or permission. What message are we sending to our children? I fear for their future and our country.