david: students at one of the nations biggest school districts will not have to wish for snow days to skip class this winter. now all they need is an excuse to protest starting next month, public schools in fairfax, county, virginia allows students to take off one day a year to participate in protest activities like marchs and sit- ins but conservatives say the policy favors liberal causes so should tax dollars educate kids be supporting something like this? gary smith? >> well, i'll tell you, david i guess the default response you expect from me is to rail against this but you know, i don't really mind. it's a day a year. does it tilt toward the liberal causes? yeah i'm sure it does. they tend to protest more if you will, but i guess if the kids have a chance to learn about civics or learn about issues, certainly going to be more involved than i was when i was growing up and it's probably a better use of time than we spent taking field trips to wherever which was just a chance to...