Indiana —
FFRF reminded the Delphi Community School Corporation in Indiana that allowing for a religious program to take place during school hours was unconstitutional.
A district parent informed FFRF that Delphi Community Elementary School let the Carroll County Religious Education Program take place during the school day on school property. A flier sent home at the beginning of the school year about the program said, “The children will line-up in the cafeteria with their lunch and walk to a room down a hall from the cafeteria where they will have around 25 minutes of bible teaching while eating their lunch.”
FFRF Staff Attorney Madeline Ziegler stepped in to remind the district that religious programs have no place in public schools.
After FFRF’s letter was sent, the district took action to see that the district was no longer violating the Constitution. “Please know that we will be stopping this program immediately at our elementary school,” Superintendent Pamela Moore wrote. Moore additionally forwarded FFRF the letter parents were sent confirming that the program had been cancelled in order to provide every student with a safe and inclusive learning environment.
