DJ Got to agree with you,but praying in school?Why not in church?My kids were both educated in parochial school, yeah it costed. Their mother had13 yrs of that education, but it didn't stop at school.They were taught religious belief at home also.My feeling are these, it should not be manditory to pray at school, unless you want that kind of education for your chilldren, and are willing to pay for it.This bunkum about posting the 10 commandments get me hot, Its OBEY them that counts.When I went to school,most of it was public education. We were allowed to attend religious instruction once a week at a parochial school. But of course, I was one who felt that a mother belonged at home, and children were their first responsibility. We didn't have those two words in our pledge of allegiance.I dont remember ever seeing a pregnant kid in school, there were very few drug users, only two kids in my high school had a car, and they didn't have parking areas for them.I dont think lay teachers can teach religion, and relgion isn't in itself the answer.Its respect that isn't being taught,and that starts at home.Kid need to know that they have rights, the right to respect teachers, laws, and each other.But they also need to learn the meaning of one word, NO! TV is our baby sitter today, our primary teacher, watching some kid scream for some stupid toy, and demanding pricey clothes, and cell phones, that wasn't taught at at any school.I'm sorry, at my age I tend to carry on, those were the good old days, they are gone, its hard to live in this new age for a codger, and it must be hell forour grandchildren also.Greed, sloth, envy, this is what is driving our country today.