Evangelist barred from Florida schools (April 21, 2016)

FFRF has had an ex-con proselytizer barred from a Florida school district.

Hillsborough County Public Schools had allowed a Fellowship of Christian Athletes representative, David Gaskill, who has a criminal record, to interact and proselytize with its students without restriction. Gaskill had been involved with the districtā€™s sports programs since at least 2014 and appeared to be the schoolsā€™ sports chaplain.

FFRF had asked that Gaskill be immediately disallowed from Hillsborough schools. There are serious privacy issues when schools let outside adults pose for ā€œselfiesā€ and pictures with students, including with their arms draped around shirtless students, FFRF contended. The schools also permitted Gaskill to meet with students in ā€œintimate locker roomā€ settings with no other adults present.

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