Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on February 23, 2008 - 1:12pm.
Of course, they should sign it! To disagree would be like me saying that I shouldn't have to submit to a background check before I volunteer at my daughter's school just b/c I'm so honest.
This is PUBLIC school we are talking about - not a Christian school, or a Jewish school, or an open forum, or a newspaper. It is appropriate for the system to do it's part to guarantee that the expectations of public education are met. While it is unfortunate that we have to have such policies, the event that precipitated it is evidence that we do. I certainly do not expect my children to experience proselytizing at school!
Don't elected officials willingly take public oaths when they take office stating things that they already know are true? To claim this is a civil liberties issue is a misunderstanding of civil liberties.
They should be happy to sign!
Of course, they should sign it! To disagree would be like me saying that I shouldn't have to submit to a background check before I volunteer at my daughter's school just b/c I'm so honest.
This is PUBLIC school we are talking about - not a Christian school, or a Jewish school, or an open forum, or a newspaper. It is appropriate for the system to do it's part to guarantee that the expectations of public education are met. While it is unfortunate that we have to have such policies, the event that precipitated it is evidence that we do. I certainly do not expect my children to experience proselytizing at school!
Don't elected officials willingly take public oaths when they take office stating things that they already know are true? To claim this is a civil liberties issue is a misunderstanding of civil liberties.
Respectfully,
Ann in Wake Forest