Here's my humble opinion as a father of a second grader and a political enthusiast of sorts. Every Public School in America is obligated to play the Presidents Address to the children. It IS Public Schools. If you don't want your child exposed to positive reinforcement either home-school or private school them. Any County, District, or school that refuses to play the Presidents address automatically loses ALL Federal Funding on the state level for it's unwillingness to participate in Public Schools curriculum. I received a phone call yesterday with a recorded message from my son's school informing me that the President's address would be shown, and if you didn't want your child present you can notify the school and they will pull your child from the class during the speech. I told my son that not only had he better watch the address, but he'd damn well better listen to what the President of the United States of America has to say, and he'd better take it to heart. I reminded him that this is the man that is heading up the campaign for Universal Health Care in which our family had attended a vigil for just 2 nights ago.It is a historic moment in our country and I'm proud to have taken part in it. No matter what the other kids might say about the President at school, Those kid's parent's have trouble coming to terms with a black President and should be ashamed of themselv­es.They're nomorepatr­ioticAmeri­can'sthent­he19 hi-jac­kers on Sep.11th. As for the parents who decide to keep their children home from school, any un-excused absence with be cited as truency and prosecuted to full extent of the law. The hypocracy yet again surpasses the level of dignity one would expect from a party who's moral high road is that of a middle aged rockstar addicted to blow and gay groupie sex. Sorry to the gays for even putting you in the same catagory as the Republican party. No offence. Thank you yet again.