Everyone can pray whenever they want...
I pray several times a day, wherever i am it doesn't matter because i pray in "silence". You don't have to bow your head or get on your knees to do this.
There are many kids in school that pray...many have been able to do the "Meet at the Flagpole" prayers and as far as i know nobody has ever stopped them.
I have heard alot about kids getting in trouble at school for praying though, and are told they can't bring Bibles to school. One young girl at a school near us was praying with another girl in the hallway because the other girl had some family problems. They were both taken to the principal and told if it happened again they would be kicked out. If it's between 2 or more people that WANT to pray and not interrupting or bothering anyone else, they should be allowed, it's their "right".
A few years ago at graduation in our town, the Valedictorian was told she could not say a prayer. So....at the end of her speech, almost ALL of the graduating class started reciting the Lords Prayer. Then almost ALL of the people in the bleachers said it right along with them! That was AWESOME! The looks on the administrations faces were priceless! Lol!
They stopped them at our local elementary school. They were holding prayers around the flag in the morning before school. The flagpole was on a mound in the middle of the parking lot, some parent complained and voila, the volunteer prayer meeting was cancelled for everybody. BTW, only student participated, led by a 6th grader, no teachers or faculty were there.
Local junior high, they had 15 minutes set aside everyday for private reading. They were told they had to bring something from home to read or get something from the library, no textbook reading during that time. A boy brought his Bible and it was taken away from him and he was told he wasn't allowed to read it at school even during their "private" reading time. It took a schoolboard meeting full of angry parents to change that.
I can just picture what would happen if a Muslim boy had his Q'ran taken away from him.
THIS is the type of thing that really upsets me. One or two people complain and it's all over. This is when i get mad about the whole thing, because one non-believer can complain and the schools will back that person all the way. But it would take MANY Christian parents complaining before they would get anywhere with this, and then they still might not!
And the issue with bringing a Bible to school to just sit a read, quietly, by yourself, is another. Some people hate Christianity, or any religion, so much that they can't allow it and they make up their own rules to keep it out. Good for those parents for standing up for this!!
I don't agree with the OP that NO prayer is allowed in schools...because like i said, anyone can pray any time - without anyone else actually knowing it. But it's the blatant hatred some show for our religion in cases like this that really piss me off! And too many times Christians just let it happen. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
And we ALL know what would happen if a Muslim child had his Quran taken away ! ! !