The Evansville Courier Press has an article reporting that school administrators are telling principals and teachers about the obligation imposed on them by the state government to spend class time reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and leading a moment of silence.
According to the law, students are not required to participate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance if they or their parents don’t want them to participate.
As for the moment of silence, the law states that the classroom teacher “shall ensure that all students remain seated or standing and silent and make no distracting display so that each student may, in the exercise of the student’s individual choice, meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity that does not interfere with, distract or impede another student in the exercise of the student’s individual choice.”
McCandless said, “We’re going to say (it’s a) moment of silence, period. (Students) can interpret that how they wish.”
The law doesn’t define how long the “moment” should last.
Government meddling, bureaucratic nonsense. Not enough math to be taught, apparently. Oh yeah, and FLAGS! Schools have to buy American flags and decorate their classrooms with them.
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