Watch your Public Schools

If you have children in the public schools it is important to keep an eye on how teachers and administrators are behaving. Your kids will likely tell you about any attempts to introduce prayer, creationism, or other forms of religion into the classroom.

The law is pretty solidly against teacher-led prayer in class and even student-led prayer at school functions. So it would be a rare occasion that anyone would attempt to get away with that. However, creationism has returned in the form of "intelligent design" in more than one district across the country. The first court case involving the teaching of "intelligent design" was a victory for separationists and for quality education but don't be surprised if another attempt is made to pass this off as science education.

• Be sure your kids are aware of what constitutes a violation of the establishment clause as those laws pertain to conduct in school.
• Join the school board to keep fanatical religious influence out.