TRUSTEES CONSIDER PROGRAM FOR GIRLS RELIGIOUS TONE WORRIES BOARD.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: February 6, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer

LANCASTER - Lancaster School District trustees are questioning whether a proposed mentoring and tutoring program for girls ages 9 to 14 has religious undertones or could undermine parental authority.

The voluntary after-school counseling program would be run by the Spirit Awakening Foundation through the Los Angeles County Probation Department at Joshua School and Piute Middle School.

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