When I was young I went to bible classes that my public grammar school offered...

[Kablooie]

I lived in conservative Orange County California.

To take the classes you had to have a signed note from your parents and the classes were off the school property at a church next door. Students that did not wish to go to bible class were given alternate activities to do in the class for the hour once a week.

To me this seems like a reasonable way to offer something that some parents wanted without intruding on the rights of any who had different views even though it was offered by a public school.

I was wondering what others here thought about this.
Should the subject of bible classes be kept out of the public school curriculum altogether or should there be some concessions to parents that want this sort of thing?

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I'm posting it here in the atheist forum because I'd like the opinion of people who are not biased by personal interest in the bible biasing their views.