Anonymous wrote:The District is full of schools that largely attract Christians without being by any definition a Christian school.

For four summers when I was a kid, I went away to a camp where the campers were almost 100% Jewish (for reasons I have never understood; all I can think of is that awareness of the camp spread solely by word of mouth) but the camp was as secular as secular can be. I don't even know if the owner/directors were Jewish.

Anonymous wrote:
It can be a bad thing because some of us don't want taxpayer dollars funding a Jewish school -- any religious school. You know, that pesky founding framework for the nation and all.

They say it will not be a Jewish school but some are skeptical, and that's not only OK but to be expected. It's not unreasonable to assume that the school is going to attract largely Jews.

The documents say it will be secular, so I will take that on face value. But, yes, it makes me a bit uncomfortable. Church and state and all that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is full of schools that largely attract Christians without being by any definition a Christian school.

For four summers when I was a kid, I went away to a camp where the campers were almost 100% Jewish (for reasons I have never understood; all I can think of is that awareness of the camp spread solely by word of mouth) but the camp was as secular as secular can be. I don't even know if the owner/directors were Jewish.

That's quite common; the Jews recognize that one can be both secular (not religious) yet still belong to the Jewish tribe. As a Christian sometimes I wish we had something similar: a recognition of one's heritage and values without the requirement to unquestioningly follow a ton of religion.

Anonymous wrote:The District is full of schools that largely attract Christians without being by any definition a Christian school.

For four summers when I was a kid, I went away to a camp where the campers were almost 100% Jewish (for reasons I have never understood; all I can think of is that awareness of the camp spread solely by word of mouth) but the camp was as secular as secular can be. I don't even know if the owner/directors were Jewish.

Anonymous wrote:
It can be a bad thing because some of us don't want taxpayer dollars funding a Jewish school -- any religious school. You know, that pesky founding framework for the nation and all.

They say it will not be a Jewish school but some are skeptical, and that's not only OK but to be expected. It's not unreasonable to assume that the school is going to attract largely Jews.

The documents say it will be secular, so I will take that on face value. But, yes, it makes me a bit uncomfortable. Church and state and all that.

Anonymous wrote: The school is going to be watched very closely as I have been told by some on the inside. The teachers will be warned. The first drop of religion or politicizing or discrimination or bigotry will be dealt with..

The school is going to be watched very closely as I have been told by some on the inside. The teachers will be warned. The first drop of religion or politicizing or discrimination or bigotry will be dealt with..