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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON St Rappahannock New* Staff Writer » In a split decision, Rappahanx nock’s School Board balked at deny2 ing a request for religious $ instruction on school time .and in( stead directed the administration to
study the issue and report back. Ji At the board’s meeting July 14, 11 Superintendent Dr. David Gangel \ | reported that Mason Hutchinson has |> asked for permission to bring a moil bile classroom called a “rolling cha\ j pel” to a site near the school grounds t> and provide non-denominational & Christian instruction to those chil? dren whose parents give their ap) proval. According to Mr. Hut( chinson’s letter, similar religious in? struction is offered to children at) tending the public schools in ( Madison, Greene and Culpeper ? counties and the constitutionality of ? the program has been upheld by the < courts. i[ Mr. Hutchinson’s assertion not
withstanding, School Board member 11 Bryant Lee challenged the legality j[ of providing religious instruction
through the schools. “There have 11 been a lot of legal cases on that in the !j past several years,” he noted, quesji tioning whether the “rolling chapel” j! would violate the requirement for |; separation of church and state. He •| also suggested checking with the i| neighboring counties to see how the | J program has fared there, “its advan| tages and disadvantages.” 11 Chairman Beverly Massie mainS| tained that the board must take into 11 account the demands of the educatioi| nal curriculum. “Is there any unj| structured time in the school day?” >i she asked, requesting the adminisi| trators make this determination. j| But she noted that Mr. Hutchinson, the former VPI Extension agent in s Culpeper County, has worked ex
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