re: #179 Gus 802

If I were a principal I would say it would have to be mandatory but I wouldn’t make a huge issue of it.

You wouldn’t have to. If you made it mandatory, other people would make it a huge issue for you. Which is probably part of the reason why Obama chose the first day of school for the speech. Otherwise it would probably require some kind of permission slip and parents spouting off at school board meetings.