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McGuffey board approves monthly prayer item limited to district pastors after heated debate
Summary
The board voted 6–3 to add prayer to the monthly agenda, amended to limit prayers to ministers or pastors from community churches within the district; the change drew both praise and sharp criticism from public commenters.
The McGuffey School District Board voted March 20 to add an item for prayer to its monthly agenda, approving an amendment that limits the prayer to ministers or pastors from the district's community churches.
Board members debated both process and content before the vote. A motion to approve an agenda item for prayer was amended to read that the prayer be led "by a minister or pastor of…
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