School Board Reverses Pledge of Allegiance Ban
The Madison School Board voted to allow schools to offer the pledge of allegiance, reversing an earlier decision that critics denounced as unpatriotic.
The board approved the change on a 6-1 vote after hearing about eight hours of testimony from emotional residents about its decision last week to bar the pledge of allegiance and allow only an instrumental version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in classrooms. The new policy allows the singing of the national anthem too.
“For a few minutes every morning, everyone joins in an exercise that I believe binds us together,” board member Ray Allen said.
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