WHO is keeping the Pledge out of the classroom?

For those of you who would like a face with this story, I suggest you go to the Boston Globe Online article to see who is leading the opposition to returning the Pledge of Allegiance to the classroom. Both Fraser and Grant, Woodbury residents but not native Vermonters, have spoken in oppostion to the Pledge being recited anytime and anywhere. Now that the District School Superintendent, Mark Andrews, and over 300 Woodbury residents who signed the petition want the Pledge back in the classroom, why does Principal Martin, Stephanie Fraser and Robin Grant block the will of the people of Woodbury? After all there are just over 600 voters in Woodbury. The Pledge is legal, traditional and convenient when said in the classroom. This is not about forcing anyone to say the Pledge. That has been unconsttutional since 1943. It is also wrong for children who want to say the Pledge to be forced to leave their classroom. Let the children say the Pledge in the classroom.

Another person in opposition to returning the Pledge to the classroom is the School Board Chairwoman, Retta Dunlap. In my opinion, she is simply on the wrong side of this issue having no connection with the recitation of the Pledge as she had little experience with reciting it as a child herself. As Retta put it to me, she does not understand the emotional connection that Pledge supporters have with the Pledge of Allegiance. Why she continues to miss the connection that the town of Woodbury has with the Pledge is beyond me. The message has been loud and clear. Retta Dunlap is a past unsuccessful 2006 candidate for the Vermont State House. Based upon her deaf ear to the community, it is my opinion that her political career reached a personal high when she was defeated in 2006 and any aspirations for future elected office will not be met with much support.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2008/11/30/one_nation_indivisible_one_town_torn_in_two/