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[Judi Lynn]

Bible class added to school's electives

By Scott Travis
Education Writer
Posted February 25 2004

Boca Raton High School is offering students a chance to study the Bible this fall.

Principal Geoff McKee has placed two "Introduction to the Bible" classes on a list of electives available for next school year, making it the only school in Palm Beach County to offer the state-approved class. No schools in Broward County offer it.

Some teachers and parents expressed the fear that the course will be too difficult for instructors to teach without infusing their religious views.

"It seems to me too hotbed of an issue to be introducing into a public school," parent Vickie Capitena said. "I don't think it has a place. If you want get religious studies, go to your church. That's what they're there for."
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