British Schools May Ban Veils--Security Concerns Cited

This from the Chicago Tribune, amont other outlets:

"Schools should consult parents and the wider community when setting uniform policy," Schools Minister Jim Knight said.

"And while they should make every effort to accommodate social, religious or medical requirements of individual pupils, the needs of safety, security and effective learning in the school must always take precedence," he said.

The ministry said head teachers always had the right to set their school's uniform policy. Schools had already been advised to accommodate different religions, but the new rules spelled out for the first time that concerns such as safety are valid reasons for exceptions.

The guidelines did not specify what the safety concerns might be.

Not only sensible, but over due. If parents of Muslim children don't want to abide by the rules, there are two options. A private school and the door.