FFRF took action after the Bridges Preparatory School principal delivered a prayer before the 2024 graduation ceremony.

A Bridges Preparatory School parent reported that on May 31 the school’s graduation ceremony included a scheduled invocation delivered by the principal, referencing a “heavenly father.”

FFRF Staff Attorney Chris Line wrote to the district’s superintendent.

The district’s legal counsel, Erik T. Norton, wrote back to FFRF. “This is the first such complaint regarding the graduation ceremony at Bridges that has been brought to the district,” Norton wrote. “The attorney for Bridges subsequently counseled the school on compliance with this guidance and applicable federal law.”