Mothers pray in the school buildings.
Students learn about Adam and Eve in science class, and are asked not to wear costumes to school on Halloween, in deference to parents who believe the holiday glorifies the devil. Yet the National Heritage Academies aren't Christian private schools. This drop, which he attributes partly to National Heritage, has prompted layoffs and talk of consolidation with a Christian-school group in another town. What galls the Christian schools' faithful is that National Heritage founder and chairman J.C. Huizenga is one of their own. On occasion, he has helped bring revivalist crusades to Grand Rapids.