FOX: It's parent vs. school over students' pledge of allegiance to teachers, district

[Patricia M. McBride]

I wanted to look around and see if this parent was right or the school was, and I would say from what I found the parent was right.  it may not be unconstitutional but pledging allegiance to the school definitely does not work either.  They are not soverign and a body that makes it own laws, is independent and has folks running the school who are elected by the "ruled", but here is what I found.............you will have to be the judge.  Article is directly below.  This may be something you wish to weigh in on.  These schools seem to running amok, and it may be time to take more action in relation to things like this.

An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed by a subject or a citizen to his/her state or sovereign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance

The oath of allegiance is an oath of fidelity to the sovereign

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance#Oath_of_allegiance

Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory.

a sovereign is the supreme lawmaking authority within its jurisdiction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign

With Sovereignty meaning holding supreme, independent authority over a region or state, Internal Sovereignty refers to the internal affairs of the state and the location of supreme power within it.^[9] A state that has internal sovereignty is one with a government that has been elected by the people and has the popular legitimacy. Internal sovereignty examines the internal affairs of a state and how it operates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign#Absoluteness

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By Joshua Rhett Miller

Published June 20, 2012

FoxNews.com

Valerie Kaufman, center, told the Marlboro Township Board of Education during  a June 12 meeting that she found the pledge to be unconstitutional and suggested  administrators “do away” with the practice. (Marlboro Township Public  Schools)

 

An optional pledge of allegiance to a New Jersey school and its teachers will  continue after an attorney determined it’s not problematic following a complaint  by one parent who deemed it to be unconstitutional, FoxNews.com has learned.

For the past decade, every Monday of the school year at Asher Holmes  Elementary School in Morganville, N.J., has started with students reciting a  pledge honoring the Marlboro Township School District and its teachers, who “help [students] learn” all they need to “know for the future.”

"I pledge allegiance to Asher Holmes and the Marlboro Township  School District and to the teachers who help us learn all that we need to know  for the future. We promise to respect ourselves and others, to try our best and  always be proud of our schools."

- Asher Holmes school pledge

But until last week, not a single parent had complained about the pledge:

"I pledge allegiance to Asher Holmes and the Marlboro Township School  District and to the teachers who help us learn all that we need to know for the  future. We promise to respect ourselves and others, to try our best and always  be proud of our schools."

The pledge was written by a fourth-grade teacher and does not replace the  Pledge of Allegiance, which is recited every day and is also optional.

But Valerie Kaufman, a mother of a student at the school, told the Marlboro  Township Board of Education during a June 12 meeting that she found the pledge  to be unconstitutional and suggested administrators “do away” with the  practice.

“I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve never heard of a pledge of allegiance  to the school, to the school district and to the teachers,” Kaufman said. “I  don’t think it’s constitutional, I don’t think they should be doing it.”

Superintendent David Abbott said Kaufman’s complaint was the first he had  received pertaining to the optional pledge.

“Frankly, I don’t see anything wrong with it at all,” Abbott replied. “I know  it is very valued by the kids, I know it’s valued by the staff, I know it’s  valued by most of the parents, and so if you have trouble with it, you don’t  have to do it and your child doesn’t have to do it.”

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