I had a lot of conversations with my AP/honors math peers about geometry when I was in school, because it was the only math we took that sorted people into distinct camps of loved it (me) or hated it (most of them). The major complaint of the second camp was proofs.

I've treated this forum to a couple of rants already about how incredibly important geometric proofs are in a formal education, since we don't really teach anything specifically related to logic outside of it. There have been some complaints of proofs being watered down, or eliminated entirely, including on this forum.

http://giftedissues.davidsongifted....ll_vent_about_geometry_c.html#Post119879

I'm looking for relevant articles and not finding anything, but the fact that this expert felt the need to write an argument about NOT skipping proofs in geometry class is strong support that it happens all too frequently: http://www.mathgiraffe.com/blog/proof-that-proofs-belong-in-geometry