Comments on: City Schools of Decatur Family Resource Fair – Saturday August 18th

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:21:34 +0000

Re including religious organizations: Apart from the issue of separation of church and state, which I assume you’ve factored in appropriately given your expertise in U.S. government, how would you do include religious organizations in a way that was supportive and inclusive, not divisive? I’ll bet if you looked at our CSD student body of ~3600, you’d find at least six or seven major religions–e.g. Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Moslem, Orthodox Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and those students probably attend at least 100 different places of worship if not more. In addition, many students will be from agnostic or non-religious families. Is there some local council of religious organizations that could be represented in a way that was about providing services, not providing doctrine?

By: Michael Hunter

Michael Hunter — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:07:02 +0000

Another Megalomart benefit: late-night ammo shopping!

By: tiptoe

tiptoe — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:37:56 +0000

Or not. Separation of church and state, right?

By: Chris Billingsley

Chris Billingsley — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:19:39 +0000

Glad to see that Walmart was invited. This service, along with the donation Walmart recently made to the church on the corner of N.Decatur and Church, are two good examples of why having a Walmart nearby will provide additional benefits to the community.
The only thing that would make this activity better is to find a way to get our churches involved. Walmart, local religious organizations, families, CSD, now that’s real diversity!

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:40:53 +0000

Cheryl Grant really cares about children and families with all sorts of special learning, behavioral, and medical needs, everything from autism spectrum, to ADD/ADHD, depression, intellectually challenged, mentally ill, dyslexia, giftedness, speech disorders, visual and auditory disorders, dyspraxia, executive skills dysfunction, etc. A surprisingly large proportion of children are affected and need to receive services. With proper services, most will reach their full potential and become the successes and leaders they deserve to be.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:21:28 +0000

+1.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:17:58 +0000

Aren’t we lucky to have a school system that thinks & acts holistically.