Prayer at and in Public Schools

Well hello,
As I mentioned in my introduction, I may at times post on some subject that has caught my attention. Well, this one did recently. Such as today in fact. So, here goes.
Here in my local area there has recently been a flap caused regarding, among other things, practicing religion at and in the public high school. In particular, Pace High School in Pace, Florida.
My opinion regarding this subject is quite plain and I feel very strongly about this one. Open public practicing of religious rites has absolutely no place in or at public schools or public school sponsored functions.
It is my opinion that the separation of church and state is a good thing. I feel that our country's founding fathers had the right idea regarding this premise. Our founding fathers wanted this country to welcome and allow all faiths to have the right to practice their form of faith without having another form of faith imposed upon them in any manner.
Now, what do we find happening right here in Pace, Florida, and specifically at Pace High School? We find the christian citizens of the area imposing their chosen faith upon the rest of the citizens and students who attend that school and it's functions. The faculty and administration, it would appear, support this violation of the non-christian peoples civil rights. Therefore, the Santa Rosa County School Board supports the teaching of the students in it's school system that it is quite alright to ignore the law, recent court rulings and violate peoples civil rights.
Now, with that said; perhaps since the school board can't seem to get the school's administration to abide by the courts rulings, thus students civil rights continue to be violated, maybe the state should step in and withdraw public funding. I wonder if something like that would get their attention. Perhaps they should all just be fired and hire people who can do the job while abiding by the courts rules and protecting every ones civil rights. Either would be fine by me.
Some people even say that because the majority of the people here are "christians" they should be able to practice their religion at the school. You know! Majority Rules! Sounds like we are getting pretty close to; well, since the "majority" of us here are "christians" we should require everyone here to be a christian and practice christianity. Isn't that getting pretty close to why our founding fathers and their families left England? They were being forced to endure religious oppression. So now at Pace High School, if you aren't a christian, because the "majority" are, you have to endure their oppression and suffer through their religious rites being forced upon you. My how we have evolved! This is what it means to be "christian".
I realized this some years ago and have to admit that it made me feel very ashamed. Ashamed so much so that I will no longer refer to myself as such because I do not wish to be associated with such people. I do not feel that they properly represent what their lord Jesus tried to teach. I cannot believe that he would condone the type of religious oppression that I am seeing forced upon the student body at Pace High School. The same oppression that is being condoned by the faculty and staff of Pace High School.
If you want your children to be permitted to practice their religion at school, then send them to a parochial school. The public school system, funded by state and federal money, is not the place for religious practices.
Well, I suppose that I vented enough regarding this subject for the time being. I do however reserve the right to address this again later if I should feel the need. You know... seeing as how this is my blog after all!