ok, so i went with mark and mel to see mr. rowland this morning. we were quite eloquent and restrained, i believe. i really enjoyed mark's comment about coming to see mr rowland rather than ms. johnson- 'if i was really worked up i would have gone straight to the aclu...' i paraphrase but you get the gist........i believe that mr rowland heard our main concerns- the inappropriate use of a single religion in a classroom setting and the possible lack of competence of the teacher to teach the class without use of a textbook, syllabus, etc. i do feel confident that mr rowland will followup on our concerns.