Legal Question of the Week
 Dear Legal Mailbag: At my school, we have our teachers lead the Pledge of Allegiance every morning. As I was doing my rounds the other day, I was shocked to see that one of my third grade teachers had one of her students leading the Pledge (imperfectly I might add), while she stood mute. I told her to report to my office at the end of the day, which she did. She explained that she did not think that our country had liberty and justice for all, and she said it would be hypocritical of her to say the Pledge personally. I reminded her that she is a non-tenure teacher and that she should not take herself and her feelings so seriously. She seemed shaken by our conversation, but I was quite surprised that she just told me that she would think about it. Can I write her a no-nonsense letter telling her that any future failure to say the Pledge personally will be considered insubordinate?
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