"Yes, but the schools can never be "neutral" or "areligious" and who would want them to be?! I wouldn't want my child educated in a watered down, censored, and timid school that is afraid of religion or controversial ideas. The only ulimate solution to avoid this is to abolish the public schools or, at least have school choice. Your "let's ban all religion" solution is a recipe for mediocrity and dumbing down to the lowest common denominator."
I don't know where your kids have gone to school, but the PISD has been exceedingly neutral in the twenty + years we have had kids in it.
It is a no-nonsense district where children are given a solid basic education. That is the mission; reliable, basic education so kids can go on to college and do well.
Religion is the function of the family and church; education is the function of the school. If you want to mix them, then you need a parochial school or you need tp gome school. A lot of people do.
I disagree. I went to a thoroughly secular high school and one of the readings in my Humanities course was the Book of Job. We also read Karl Marx and selections from the Koran too. It was part of a fully rounded education and I remember it fondly. I wouldn't want my child to go a school which shied away from religion or other controversial ideas. If a child doesn't learn the important role which religon has played in history, philosophy, and government, he will have inferior education no matter how high he scores on tests.