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Modesty/Religious considerations for PE (PARENTS only)

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Should parents be allowed to exempt their children from School, PE, and/or Showers? Under what circumstances?
Do you support compulsory education for all school age children ?
Yes
No
Which of the following should be considered to meet the compulsory education requirement?
Attendance at a local public school
Attendance at a public school of the parent's choice (public school choice)
Attendance at an accredditted private or religous school
Home schooling or a non-accredditted private school
There should be no requirements at all
Should public schools require students to take Physical Education at the following grade levels (check all that apply):
Grades 1-3 (ages 6-8)
Grades 4-6 (ages 9-11)
Grades 7-9 (ages 12-14)
Grades 10-12 (ages 15-17)
Should any of the following be allowed to exempt a student from required PE? (check all that apply)
Student's request
Parent's written request - no specific reason given
Parent's written request - religious/modesty objections
Parent's written request - medical concernt
Parent supplied note from medical doctor - medical concern
No exemptions allowed at all.
Should public schools require students to take showers in Physical Education at the following grade levels (check all that apply):
Grades 1-3 (ages 6-8)
Grades 4-6 (ages 9-11)
Grades 7-9 (ages 12-14)
Grades 10-12 (ages 15-17)
Should any of the following be allowed to PERMANENTLY exempt a student from required PE showers? (check all that apply)
Student's request
Parent's written request - no specific reason given
Parent's written request - religious/modesty objections
Parent's written request - medical concernt
Parent supplied note from medical doctor - medical concern
No exemptions allowed at all.
Should any of the following TEMPORARIALY exempt a student from required PE showers? (check all that apply)
Student's request
Parent's written request - no specific reason given
Parent's written request - religious/modesty objections
Parent's written request - medical concernt
Parent supplied note from medical doctor - medical concern
No exemptions allowed at all.
Should the boy's shower room be constructed as:
All private individual showers
An even mix of group and individual showers
Group showers with one or two private showers also
Group showers only
Should the girl's shower room be constructed as:
All private individual showers
An even mix of group and individual showers
Group showers with one or two private showers also
Group showers only
Should boys be allow to shower in bathing suits?
Bathing suits or underwear generally permitted in showers
Showers required to be taken completely nude
Should girls be allow to shower in bathing suits?
Bathing suits or underwear generally permitted in showers
Showers required to be taken completely nude
If nude showers are required, Should a student be allowed to wear bathing suit in the shower under any/all of the following circumstances (check all that apply)
Student's request
Parent's written request - no specific reason given
Parent's written request - religious/modesty objections
Parent's written request - medical concernt
Parent supplied note from medical doctor - medical concern
No exemptions allowed at all.
If a child refuses to shower when required what should the teacher do (check all that apply):
Nothing
Make the student shower against his/her wishes
Detention or other punishment
Note to parent
Penalize grade
If your son or daughter were in a school PE class, at what age would you prefer they shower (select all that apply):
Grades 1-3 (ages 6-8)
Grades 4-6 (ages 9-11)
Grades 7-9 (ages 12-14)
Grades 10-12 (ages 15-17)
Never
If your son or daughter were in a school PE class, would you prefer they shower in a:
shower room with private enclosures
communal, group shower room for the same sex students
If your son or daughter were in a school PE class, would you prefer they shower:
Nude
In a bathing suit
If a parent held very deeply held objections to locker room nudity amongst the same sex (as some Muslims and a few Christian parents do), should that parent's child be made to undress and shower nude in school PE against their parent's wishes.
Yes
No
Maybe - depends on the details of the case
Assume a public school required a child to publically shower nude after gym as part of the normal school PE program in spite of the child's family's clearly stated religous or moral objections. Would you consider this:
A grave infringement on that family's privacy rights
A minor infringement on that family's privacy rights
No infringement on the family's rights, but very poor school policy from a practical perspective
No infringement on the family's rights, but somewhat questionable school policy from a practical perspective
The correct school policy even though this is a difficult case
A correct and very good school policy with benefits to the child, family and community
An excellent school policy which should be adopted by all public schools
In balancing individual parent's wishes with community school policy do you generally prefer to
Honor the parent's wishes whenever possible
Abibe by the school policy whenever possible
Determine on a case by case base depending on the sentiments of the community
Determine on a case by case basis depending on the partiuclar issues at hand
Do you think showering in school is a topic
A Very important issue needing to be discussed more.
Of legitimate discussion. It's an important issue to our schools and families.
A minor issue. Important, but has been given too much attention.
Not important at all.
This poll was created on 2004-08-25 07:52:48 by Concerned Parent