ARKANSAS —LifeWise Academy has now opened in Benton and one detail in this article
should make people pause.
According to the report, the program began instruction on March 11 and already has 20 of 78 first graders enrolled at Caldwell Elementary.
That is 25.6% of the entire first-grade class.
For a brand-new “pilot project,” that is not insignificant.
That kind of immediate participation suggests this program was being organized, promoted, and coordinated well before much of the public likely understood how far along it already was. Programs do not usually open with one in four students in a grade level already participating unless substantial recruitment, church coordination, parent outreach, and district planning have already taken place.
The article says students are being transported off campus during the school day to Holland Chapel Baptist Church for Bible instruction through LifeWise, then returned to school after lunch/recess. The district also says no board vote was needed because administrators viewed the program as fitting within existing policy.
That should concern people.
Because this is often how LifeWise expands: not through broad public debate or clear board-level approval, but through administrative acceptance, logistical coordination, and a launch that is already underway by the time many families fully realize what is happening.
The article also reports that other Arkansas communities are already in the pipeline:
Bryant is at launch,
Bauxite and Sheridan are at Step 7,
Harmony Grove is at Step 6,
and Glen Rose is at Step 1.
This is not just one isolated program. It is part of a broader expansion strategy designed to normalize off-campus religious instruction tied directly to the public-school day.
Benton is not the beginning of this story. It is one more example of how quickly LifeWise can move when the public is not fully looped in before launch.
Families deserve transparency, public accountability, and honest discussion before programs like this become embedded in the school-day routine.
Read the full article here:
https://www.bentoncourier.com/news/lifewise-academy-opens-in-benton/article_f33d7e6d-0146-4705-b73a-44a2a70c6ad9.html
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Facebook User - Facebook User: LifeWise and any religion in public schools must be stopped.
- Facebook User: Have you noticed that the same states Lifewise is being pushed in elementary schools, so is Turning Point in High schools?
- Facebook User: Our kids started bringing home church fliers. Is this part of that? And all they do is talk about Jesus. Im in Mississippi , this hasnt started until last year.
- Secular Education Association: Char Darty it could be. It depends on the flier. But religious encroachment into our public school has been ramping up like never before. You’re more than welcome to send us a photo of the flier(s) if you have concerns. Contact@seculareducationassociation.org
- Facebook User: Secular Education Association i will when i get home. It was handsoboro Baptist church illumination station.
- Facebook User: LIFEWISE is an invasive species of religious indoctrination
- Facebook User: Facebook User It’s religious kudzu.
- Facebook User: , The students need more teachers qualified to teach and supplies and decent food and drinks and updated curriculum for future jobs that will be needed to the betterment of all the people teach morals religion has no place in schools
- Facebook User: STOP THE INDOCTRINATION NOW.
- Facebook User: Is this all Gothard indoctrination called Institute in basic life principles ? Under new names? Parents need to be very educated on these religious sects..
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