Portage County schools likely to reject religious programs on offer from private Christian organization

A still from a video on the LifeWise Academy website depicts how children would be shuttled away from school grounds for religious instruction. Image via LifeWise Academy

Portage County schools likely to reject religious programs on offer from private Christian organization

- Wendy DiAlesandro

LifeWise Academy, a Hilliard-based organization, wants to offer local public school students what it calls “Bible-based character education” during the regular school day, but local school leaders aren’t all on board.

With parental permission, students would leave school during the school day, board a LifeWise Academy bus and be driven to a private off-site location where they would receive religious instruction.

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