Thursday, September 01, 2005

Lakewood Yeshiva Bussing to continue

Tri-Town News:

LAKEWOOD — Three years after filing a lawsuit that challenged the Lakewood school district’s busing policy, activist George Osborne is calling it quits. He said he will not appeal a May 4 denial by the Appellate Court...
The petition charged that Lakewood’s Orthodox Jewish citizens voted as a bloc and therefore controlled the Township Committee and the Board of Education. As a result, Osborne maintained that there was no separation between church and state in the district’s busing policy. The petition also maintained that Orthodox Jewish boys and girls were bused to religious schools separately from public school students, and according to their gender...
“It is coincidental that the Orthodox schools [where students are bused] are single gender,” the judges’ decision stated. “The routes pursuant to the policy are neutral and do not foster religion.” ...

http://tritown.gmnews.com/news/2005/0901/Front_Page/026.html

The routes just might be the sole thing in Lakewood not to "foster religion".
posted by Yeshiva Orthodoxy
at 1:40 AM

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