When I was in grade school in the early 60's in Kentucky we went to Weekday School of Religion every Wednesday. That was the day for our particular class.We walked single file three full city blocks to a Baptist Church where we spent an hour in class, much like a Sunday School Class. This was a regular classtime for public school children from the time I was in first to sixth grade. As I remember now, it was very important to all of us to be able to go to this class each week. One reason was because it enabled us to get out of regular class for an hour to take a walk,lol, but also, to study, sing and hear stories about the Bible. I remember my friend Rhonda Cohen and I used to hold hands as we entered the Church and sat next to each other in class, we had such a good time. For some children it was the only time they were in a church, hopefully it stayed with them as it did me.
We need to get back to basics.
This has been going on for my congregation for over 20 years for high school students. The public school supports it. The only opposition has been from other congregations.