I just learned this week that every prayer room becomes a mosque in their eyes. So, no, either a room for every religion or none.
I agree make the kids responsible for the work they miss by leaving class. Too bad their allah can’t be prayed to after class time is over.
I beg ya’ll homeschool your kids!!!
Encourage every parent that you meet to try to find a way to homeschool. There are many examples of families ( even single parent families) who have found a way to homeschool successfully through seemingly impossible circumstances.
Did you read my post #49 and shvagesusie's post #41?
I realize that the idea that government schooling can not be religiously neutral is a novel idea for most. It is a fundamental concept, though, that will lead to a constitutional solution.
Our First Amendment upholds our God-given right to free assembly and exercise of religion. The very fact that parents are under police threat to send their children into the company of adults and children who **will** work to undermine their religious beliefs is an abomination.
Also...Government schooling is religiously a godless schooling. Godless schooling is no more religiously neutral in content or consequences than God-centered schooling. Both worldviews ( godless and God-centered) have non-neutral content and consequences.
The solution: Begin the process of privatizing all schooling. Work toward complete separation of school and state.
The school district will just rearrange the school hours so that these few kids are accommodated. That's my prediction.