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A proposal to move a program for gifted children to a public school offering only a Christian program has upset some Edmonton parents.

With McKernan Elementary-Junior High School crowded and turning some students away, Edmonton public school district planners would like to move the “extensions” elementary program to Queen Alexandra School, about nine blocks east.

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Parent Rachel Hertz Cobb said she was shocked to look at Queen Alexandra’s website and find it offers only the Logos Christian program.

“My stomach just dropped. I’m all for freedom of religion, and that includes freedom from religion,” said Hertz Cobb, whose eight-year-old son is in extensions.

The extensions classes would run separately from the Logos classes.

The district heard parents’ concerns at a meeting Wednesday evening. No final decision has been made about a move, school district spokeswoman Carrie Rosa said. Other school sites further away are also options, school board chairwoman Michelle Draper said.