Dear editor, Bible study in public school is, to me, forcing children kindergarten through fifth grade to learn about the Bible no matter if their parent want them to or not. If my child was in public school and did not want to participate in the teaching of the Bible, will they be removed from the classroom or given a different assignment?
The State Board of Education looks at this teaching as a geography curriculum. I see it as the Board of Education telling me as a parent my child must learn the Bible.
Teachers being given an incentive is totally wrong. Will the district with their tight budgets have to provide for the supplies to teach this curriculum? If they want to pay teachers a stipend, then make Bible study an extra curriculum that can be taught before or after school. That way parents who do not want their child taught this curriculum do not have to participate. I still believe there should be separation of church and state.
On the voucher issue, as a senior citizen, I do not want my tax dollars spent to pay for a child whose parents want them to go to a private or charter school. If the parents feel a private or charter school would be better for their child, then they should pay for it. I did when my son was in private school.
My thought is “So many governed by so few.”
Don Weymouth 1663 FM 1712 928-530-0002
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