Oops, I see my preface to that article made no sense.  Sorry.  I must have 
been trying to do too much too quickly.  LOL.

April


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Gordon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: Moment of silence


> Where I went to school we had a moment of silence every morning before
> announcements and I think we said the pledge.
>
> Amy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "April Reisinger" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:47 AM
> Subject: Spanking
>
>
>> We were discussing spanking on one of these two lists, and here's an
>> interesting article about it from the Columbus Dispatch.
>>
>> High school substituting silence for Lord's Prayer
>>
>> High school substituting silence for Lord's Prayer
>>
>> New policy allows students quiet time, stays within the law
>>
>> Sunday, February 19, 2006
>>
>> MINERAL RIDGE, Ohio (AP) - A public high school that stopped opening the
> day
>> with a prayer recited over the public-address system has decided to let
>> students
>> pray silently if they wish.
>>
>> "Many of the students have thanked us for this," Michael Hanshaw,
>> superintendent of the Weathersfield school district, said of the new
> policy
>> that started
>> last week at Mineral Ridge High School.
>>
>> Until recently, the Lord's Prayer was recited over the public-address
> system
>> before the Pledge of Allegiance and morning announcements.
>>
>> District officials stopped the practice after being questioned by The
>> Tribune Chronicle in Warren about whether the prayer violated the First
>> Amendment.
>>
>> No student at the school, which enrolls about 300 students in this
>> northeastern Ohio community near Youngstown, was required to say the
> prayer
>> and none
>> had complained, Hanshaw has said.
>>
>> Officials decided to grant students a moment for silent prayer, 
>> reflection
>> or meditation at the recommendation of district lawyers, who said those
>> practices
>> are allowed under Ohio law if they're done voluntarily.
>>
>> No student is obligated to participate, Hanshaw said.
>>
>> School board President Fred McCandless said the district had to follow
> state
>> and federal law.
>>
>> "Our consensus was that we will, we shall, we must comply with the law,"
> he
>> said.
>>
>> Copyright 2003, The Columbus Dispatch
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