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Parents tell Ashland City School Board they hear religious messaging in classrooms; board pledges legal review
Summary
Two parents urged the Ashland City School Board to address what they called religious 'encroachment' in schools, citing letters from the Freedom From Religion Foundation and specific classroom and assembly examples; Superintendent Paramore said LifeWise is a parent-choice pullout program and the district will review complaints and legal obligations.
Several Ashland City parents told the school board on Sept. 22 that religious messaging and programming have become commonplace in classrooms and at school events, and urged the district to protect students’ right to a religiously neutral public education.
Alexander Emmons, a parent of two Ashland students, told the board he has documented concerns he said were reported to the Freedom From Religion Foundation in July and December 2024. Emmons said two songs with explicitly religious lyrics were performed at a May 2025 school assembly and that teachers or officials have, at times, promoted LifeWise, a religiously based,…
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