Where I went to school we had a moment of silence every morning before
announcements and I think we said the pledge.

Amy
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From: "April Reisinger" <[log in to unmask]>
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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.
>
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