Reply #36: Wow. You'd think I'd have met some

[TallahasseeGrannie]

of these folks down here in the deep deep Bible belt, but my school district is as secular as you can get. We don't get paid for any religious holidays, even Xmas, and haven't in 30 years I've been here. Now, there are a few private schools I wouldn't want to get too close to! I teach gifted kids in a pull out center and I get a lot of home schooled kids and I'd say it is about fifty-fifty progressive families vs. fundamentalists. Lots of Mormons home school around here. Many of our gifted kids opt for GED and community college. Our youngest college grad just got his MS in chem at 16. But he was very unique.