Re: 21st Century Zorach

[Steven Jamar]

If the state sponsored chess or other meaningful activity during the release time, then there would be parents complaining about discrimination because their students who were released for religious training are missing out on some instruction.  If the state continued classroom instruction, then  the reading groups or math groups would have some who have had an extra 90 minutes of instruction.  (Are any of these programs really only one hour?  15 minutes each way for travel, one hour for instruction, makes at least 90 minutes.)
I remember a lot of "head on the desk" and "keep quiet" sort of instruction.
Some teachers resented those of us who remained behind because they could not take the Wednesday morning break.  So we were sometimes herded together to one room and I seem to recall doing dodgeball once during this time.

So ending class early one day per week for students to go to some non-school sponsored activity, as suggested by Chip, would not be a problem -- but some parents would still complain about being forced to choose between religious education and soccer practice, I'll warrant.

Steve

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