Working to put "church" in public schools

[Jenny A]

There's a lot of church/school cooperation here in Salem, Oregon, that doesn't offend me. My kids' elementary school shared a parking lot with a church which benefited both organizations as the school used it all week and the church mostly on Sunday. The church loaned the school its sizable auditorium for school shows, and in return the school let the church use it's playground on the weekends. The relationship is mutually financially beneficial. No indoctrination is involved.

Similarly religious organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts rent school space (often for maintenance labor) on the same basis as other organizations such as Big Brothers. That's fine too. The Mormons pay the school district to drop their kids at Stake Houses rather than home. Also fine. Frankly, if the cost is the same as dropping them off at home, I don't think they should pay at all.

Bottom line is that school buildings are more economical when renting the off time to other organizations. As long as there is no discrimination based on the type of organization, that's a good thing. Similarly, if renting or buying from a church is the cheapest option for a school, that's what it should do as long as no indoctrination is involved.