The Calhoun County School Board is taking a stand against efforts to eliminate prayer at school functions.
As reported in the Sept. 14 issue, Superintendent Tommy McClellan recently spoke with legal counsel at the Superintendent’s Association regarding the matter. Attorney Joy Frank advised her interpretation is the school district can in no way be involved in religious activities at school-sponsored events. She said she understood that pertained to school-sponsored prayer, student-led prayer, and even a PA system announcement calling for a moment of silence.
School Board members voted unanimously at a special meeting last week to continue prayer at school functions.
“That’s the way I felt all the time,” says Superintendent McClellan. “But it has to be a School Board decision. I think the community is behind it.”
Do we not have the freedom of speech? Then it is our right to be able to pray in school. A moment of silence is not to much to ask.
I have watched our public schools decline in many ways since prayer has been taken out. As Christians, we have sit around and allowed one woman to take prayer away from our kids.
Its simple, if a child/adult dont wish to prayer, so be it, but allow the one's who wish to that moment of silence
What are the schools gonna lose, a MINUTE...hey, that is not asking much.