On September 6th, 2010, the Wellesley's school superintendent apoligized for allowing students, who were on a field trip to a Roxbury mosque last spring, to take part in a Muslim prayer service. During the field trip, a woman was chaperoning for her son's class and she caught 10-minute long video footage of 5 students participating in the prayer service. The video was received by the Americans for Peace and Tolerance who, then released the video to the public.
I don't think that the Wellesley's school superintendent has anything to apologize for. The school neither advised the children to participate in the Muslim prayer service nor did they advise against it, because they are not allowed to make that decision. The superintendent, Bella Wong, admitted that the school had not expected for the students to participate in any prayer service while on the field trip. Even the president of the Muslim American Society of Boston, Bilal Kaleem, said that the tours do not invite people to take part in Muslim prayer or reject them from doing so. The decision lies with the students and, for that reason, the only thing that can be done is for the parents to give their kids a slap on the wrist. The superintendent isn't at fault and the cultural center isn't at fault. Instead, it's the fault of the parents.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/wellesley/2010/09/wellesley_schools_chief_apolog.html
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