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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really, this is new to DCPS? I've never heard of a school in America not saying the pledge.[/quote]

There is some variation but in the past decade, there have been up to 10 states that have dropped the Pledge of Allegiance requirement for schools (it has depended upon the status of the various lawsuits - and there have been so many it boggles the mind -- and is around 5 or 6 states now). And please, to a PP (not the one I am quoting here), drop the  "snowflake".  I presume that no one is raising a snowflake. We should all expect to prepare our their children to express themselves, respectfully, in many situations including where they hold a minority viewpoint or one that opposes our own. And I would hope that none of us are raising sheep who can be herded whenever the dog of authority barks. But in looking at this particular issue, it has become clear that many DCPS principals MAY be acting without any legal authority.  This begs the question of where else is DCPS unable to articulate or even establish their legal mandate? The Pledge of Allegiance should be an easy one to answer and yet DCPS has been flummoxed for two weeks, unable to provide the basis of this mandate or any guidance to the school. Where is the oversight of their work?[/quote]

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