In a unanimous vote, the Oldham County Board of Education rejected a proposal for a moral education program at one of its elementary schools. The Christian group Lifewise proposed to remove third, fourth and fifth grade students at Locust Grove Elementary during the school day for Bible-based moral instruction.

School board members said the proposal had been extremely contentious ahead of the vote. Carly Clem, who chairs the board, said she rejected the measure on logistical grounds and has no objection to Lifewise’s curriculum. Clem was also concerned about lost instructional time, which would have amounted to roughly 30 hours over the course of the school year.

“I don't know who we can ask to facilitate that, unfortunately, and I'm all about moral instruction. I am. It's not going agai

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