Interview with Parent Woodbury Vt Pledge of Allegience Banning

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Old Glory Radio audio interview with parent at ground zero in Woodbury Vermont concerning the Banning of the Pledge of Allegience in classrooms as reported by the AP and Fox News. 11/21/08

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Interview

[jcsjcm]

And now it starts! Unbelievable....

[ScottinVA]

Still wondering why we haven’t kicked VT out of the union.

[A Woodbury Parent]

I am the person that Tom interviewed on his show.

We NEVER ‘banned’ the pledge from our classrooms!

Here is the official press release from our School Board. Our School Board Chair is a Christian Conservative who homeschooled her children and lobbies the Vermont legislature for school choice.

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Press Release
Friday, November 21, 2008
12:00 pm EST
From: Woodbury, Vermont School Board
RE: The Pledge of Allegiance
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WOODBURY, VERMONT: The Woodbury School Board members wish to make a statement regarding the misinformation in the media about the situation
related to the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in the Woodbury
Elementary School.

-— It has been the tradition at Woodbury Elementary School for more than
ten years to recite the Pledge at the weekly school assembly. At some point
in the previous school year, the Pledge was dropped from the meeting. This
was not intentional, but an oversight due to scheduling conflicts in the
weekly assembly. When the situation was brought to the attention of the
Principal, the weekly recitation was returned to the weekly school meeting.

-— A petition signed by over 300 registered voters in Woodbury requested
that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance “.be made part of the school
day routine.” The Board asked the school staff to come up with a way to
comply with the desire of the community, which they did.

-— Currently, the whole school community (consisting of 55 children plus
teachers) assembles each morning in a large foyer connecting the four
classrooms of the school. As the children stand, a sixth grader is in
charge of reading the announcements and leading the Pledge. The students
remain in the foyer for recitation of the Pledge and then step back into
their classrooms after the Pledge has been recited. Those children and
teachers with a religious or philosophical belief that makes recitation of
the Pledge a violation of their conscience have the option to abstain from
the recitation.

-— The Pledge has not been “banned” from the classroom, nor has “under
God” been banned. The board has now voted twice to support the decision of
the staff to incorporate recitation of the pledge into the school day
routine as requested by the petition. At this point, the staff has chosen
to have the 55 students at Woodbury Elementary School recite the Pledge as a
community (as it has traditionally been done) rather than in their
individual classrooms.

-— This conversation has never been about should the Pledge be said, but
about how often and where it should be said. The Pledge is now said on a
daily basis in the Woodbury Elementary School and there is overwhelming
support among parents and students for this current arrangement.

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Contact:
Retta Dunlap, chair of board
PO BOX 72
Woodbury, VT 05681

[Ted Tedesco]

I regret that Woodbury Parent continues to hide behind his screen name. He is known to me but if he wishes to continue to conceal his identity, at least for now I will not disclose it. What is important is that everyone understand that he is 100% in opposition to the recitation of the Pledge, anytime and anywhere. What is legal, traditional and convenient is for the Pledge to be said within the classroom. Not in the lobby. This is not about making anyone say the Pledge. That has been unconstitutional since 1943. This is about allowing those children who want to say the Pledge to be allowed to do it within their classrooms. What say ye, Robin. (Just a small clue as to his identity.) By the way there is a criminal complaint against his wife for a threat against my family. Extreme liberals are so easily driven to anger.