The Huffington Post website reports today (December 13, 2011) that elementary school students in California's Lamont School District recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day -- in Spanish.
For the city -- which is 97 percent Hispanic -- doing so has been a tradition since 2002, but not everyone has been happy about it.
"One of the issues with it being in Spanish is that not everyone got a chance to voice their opinion doing it that way," said teacher Barry Champagne. He added, "Every time it was brought up for discussion, it was set aside and we never got a chance to vote on it or even discuss it any further."
Fred Molina -- principal of Alicante School -- said it's an important way to include all cultures.
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