Their ridiculous rationale: Not enough time in the day.
Via Red Alert:
Apparently there’s just not enough time in the day — not even 10 seconds.
Board members of the Sioux Falls School District in Sioux Falls, S.D., voted unanimously Tuesday to not require high school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day. The board cited concerns about finding time during school hours for pupils to say it regularly.
“Just the challenge of being able to find a period within a high school day to be able to say it consistently appeared to be a challenge,” school board president Doug Morrison said, according to KELO-TV.
The vote came despite in-person pleas from a half-dozen veterans who attended the evening board meeting. One veteran, Dave Saunders, put worries about the time constraints of saying the pledge in perspective.