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Parents and community members debate religious assembly, 3 Heath Brothers program in schools
Summary
A series of public comments at the April 7 board meeting centered on concerns about a recent elementary-school assembly that parents say featured religious material. The band manager and the 3 Heath Brothers' manager spoke in favor of the program; parents and civil liberties advocates said the event crossed the line for a public school setting.
Several speakers during the public-comment portion of the Davidson County Board of Education meeting on April 7 raised concerns about a recently held elementary-school assembly the speakers said included religious material and handouts.
Lindsay Arnold, a parent, told the board that an assembly on March 11 involved all K'05 students and included songs with "strong religious themes" and a 104-page devotional that she said was distributed to students. "I am opposed to it being required in the public school day," Arnold said, adding that the event had been represented to some staff as an anti-bullying program but, she said, was "forced religious worship." She said the…
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