WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) – The school board in Waukee wants high school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Des Moines Register reports that the board told staffers Monday to have the students say the pledge at least once a week. A parent had asked the board earlier this month why students stopped saying the pledge when they reached 10th grade.

The Waukee district elementary students say the pledge daily, and students in eighth and ninth grades recite it on Mondays.  Superintendent Dave Wilkerson says he’ll meet with administrators to discuss best practices and options, so it could be a few weeks before the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-graders are asked to say the pledge.