Thanks to efforts by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, teachers in Chandler Public Schools will not create religious projects with their students in the future.
FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel sent a letter to the district in 2013 after learning of an auction where two items for sale were religious art projects created by classes of students: a poster with a bible quote, “Blessed are the pure in heart,” and a poster that read, “Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus and germs are everywhere.”
“Chandler Public Schools has a legal duty to ensure that its teachers and administrators are not unlawfully and inappropriately indoctrinating students in religious matters,” wrote Seidel.
After several follow up letters, Seidel received an email on Nov. 20, 2014, from a new superintendent who assured FFRF he did not anticipate the recurrence of the constitutional violation.
