BREAKING: Schools issue policy on Obama speech

In a statement issued Friday evening to principals, administrators and the Times-Gazette, Bedford County School Superintendent Ed Gray said that most local classrooms will not watch President Obama's back-to-school speech live on Tuesday.

Gray cited the demands of the instructional schedule and the danger of politicizing the classroom. He said teachers may record and review the speech and, if they feel it ties in with the curriculum, they may request to play it for students at a later date. He said some high school social studies classes may be allowed to watch the speech live.

For more details, see Sunday's Times-Gazette.