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One school in massachusetts is sending home permission slips, yep, for parents to decide whether it s okay for the kids to recite the pledge. sarah underwood of wfxt has the story. reporter: the devotion school in brookline hasn t said the pledge of allegiance in ten seven years, so when the principal issued a permission slip of sorts asking parents to fill it out so their children can participate. i think that that s perfectly reasonable. i think that is a little strange. reporter: he said, quote, under our constitution neither teachers, nor students can be mandated to participate in this exercise and went on to say whatever decision your child makes will be fully respected. mr. martinez will do it over the pa system. that s great. some students will stand, some will not. some will recite, some will not. some of our teachers will stand and recite, some will not. that s all okay. ....
You didn t think about it. i pledge allegiance reporter: the devotion school in brookline hasn t said the pledge of allegiance in seven years, so when the principal decided this week to reinstate it, he issued a permission slip of sorts asking parents to fill it out so their children can participate. i think that that s perfectly reasonable. i think that is a little strange. reporter: but in the note he said, quote, under our constitution neither teachers, nor students can be mandated to participate in this exercise and went on to say whatever decision your child makes will be fully respected. mr. martinez, like some of our other principals, will do it over the pa system. that s great. some students will stand, some will not, some will recite, some will not. some of our teachers will stand and recite, some will not. that s all okay. reporter: all he intended to do was encourage discussion, but the mere thought of a permission slip to recite the pledge set off a firestor ....