Noblesville Schools’ proposed LifeWise partnership raises questions about school-day operations

A letter to the local paper from Jessica Garten Vandergraff objects to a proposal to bring LifeWise Academy to Noblesville Schools. The writer acknowledges LifeWise plans to hold instruction off school property, use private funding and require parental permission, but says a program director’s stated aim to teach the Bible “from Genesis to Revelation” and eventually operate in all 10 Noblesville schools makes the offering de facto religious instruction during the school day.

The author argues that introducing an evangelical Christian curriculum into district hours would change how Noblesville Schools structures the school day and could require the district to consider comparable access for students of other faiths or nonreligious families. The letter raises concern about blurring lines between a particular religious mission and public institutions.

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