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Subject: California IN BRIEF SIMI VALLEY Teachers Told to Halt Noon Prayers
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 09:41:27 EST
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HEADLINE: California IN BRIEF SIMI VALLEY Teachers Told to Halt Noon Prayers
Publication Date: Thursday November 19, 1992
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School officials have told four teachers who serve as advisers to
religious clubs at Royal High School to discontinue their practice of
leading the student groups in prayer at noontime meetings. On the advice
of the school district's attorneys, Principal David Jackson recently
informed the teachers that leading the groups in prayer is
unconstitutional. Jackson said several U.S. Supreme Court rulings forbid
teachers to lead such activities because teachers are representatives of
the state. "This is a matter of separation of church and state," he said.
Kathrin Hufford, a 17-year-old senior and a member of the club,
complained to the school board that the teachers' rights to free speech
were being infringed upon. "They should have the same rights we have,"
she said.

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