Florida’s Walton County School District put an end to classroom prayers in its public elementary school after FFRF got involved.
A concerned district family informed FFRF that a teacher at West DeFuniak Elementary was imposing prayer on her third-grade class. The year before, the teacher had been doing the same with her second-grade class. FFRF was told that she was lining her students up against a wall to sanitize their hands and then praying with them before lunch. When the family addressed the concern with the school principal, she failed to take action.
FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel sent a letter Feb. 28 to WCSD Superintendent Russell Hughes.
Hughes responded on March 3 that he would begin the recommended investigation. FFRF was later informed that classroom prayers had ended.
