Reply #31: Kids running around in circles? [View All]

You could reduce any activity in a similar fashion in order to cast aspersions on its significance (AP exams are just kids filling in circles on a scantron sheet) but I can assure you that for some students, participation in cross-country is a scholastic experience as signifcant and valuable as an AP Chemistry class would be for other students.

The link I provided is not about "one kid's family trying to force 399 others to change their plans in order to accomodate his religious choices" but rather about the Anchorage School District requesting that the meet be rescheduled.

The school superintendent made the following statement:

"It's just time to recognize that we are a very diverse community," Comeau said. "And our students should be able to participate in their religious practices just like we expect the Christians to be able to participate in theirs. We're not going to schedule school events on these very significant holidays. We don't schedule them on Easter; we don't schedule them on Christmas. To me, it's the same thing."

http://www.adn.com/sports/story/9030093p-8945733c.html