Ok, so this is a perfect example of ???? ????? ?? ????. The point of the thread was whether schools can in good faith exclude children of parents who do not conform to its standards of chumrah, but the first few poster took it too far, and applied it to halacha as well. So we spend 70 posts arguing what the halacha is. hee hee hee.
So, back to the substantive issue.
What do you all think about a school which excludes children of parents who either
A. Don’t keep the community’s level of chumrah (ex. maybe a mainstream Lakewood school refusing a child whose mother wears bright colors.)
B. Don’t keep some actual halacha. (ex. shabbos. Or doesn’t cover her hair).
Let’s assume the reason is, that they are afraid the kids will influence their kids negatively.
So, I assume it is possible that the kids will influence the kids. Then, the question is the balance of what the chances are of bad influence, versus the damage to the excluded kids.
I’m a little hesitant to say the school isn’t usually justified, since the only places this happens are in areas that have other schools which are more appropriate for the other kids anyway.