Re: Student reprimanded for religious absences

[Steven Jamar]

Well, if that were the test, my kids could have attended the first day, come in for the tests, and played the rest of the time. As could about 15-20% of the students. If all we are concerned about is grades. But that is not the only learning going on in school, is it.

On Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at 09:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

One issue that has not been raised is this student's grades. If he can miss school without any impairment of his academic performance, then where is the compelling state interest?  Frances Paterson

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