Idaho
The Weiser School District #431 in Idaho has taken steps to ensure that student assemblies will not include prayer in the future.
FFRF learned from a concerned parent that Weiser Middle School’s Nov. 11 Veterans Day Assembly included a school-sponsored prayer.
During the assembly, all students were directed to join in the prayer, which was then delivered by a guest speaker. FFRF’s complainant reported that their child felt “very uncomfortable” and felt that they “had to participate in the school prayer.” “Weiser Middle School, and thus the district, continues to violate the First Amendment by including prayer at its official Veterans Day Assembly,” FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence wrote to Superintendent Kenneth D. Dewlen.
After FFRF’s letter, Dewlen responded to address the concern. “Thank you for the letter; I have made the necessary arrangements for this not to happen again,” he wrote in an email.
