Levy School Board asked to look into violations of separation of church, state | Gainesville.com

This comment says it all:

I graduated from a Levy County school in 2010. I went to the University of Florida for secondary school and I remember I bumped into a fellow CHS graduate on UF campus and started asking her how college was going. She graduated in the top 10 of our class, along with me and she was studying medical sciences at UF. She told me that one of the hardest things was learning Scientific Method and about the Big Bang. Because she had always been taught Creationism. At home, and even by a teacher, she told me. Christianity has always been prevalent in Levy County, and as a non-Christian that never bothered me. But it is definitely hindering the welfare of our students. And the fact that this whole investigation is happening due to a letter from a member of the community, clearly shows that the rights of some are being pushed too far aside by the Christian community. Religion shouldn't be in schools, it's the law people.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the Levy County School Board to investigate several potential violations of the Constitutional establishment clause regarding church and state.

In a letter dated June 3, Freedom From Religion Foundation attorney Andrew Seidel listed seven violations, based on complaints from families within the school district, along with documentation of the violations and suggestions for how to remedy them.

“They have a lot of work to do,” Seidel said. “It does appear to be a pretty extensive and severe set of problems.”

Seidel said the foundation first received complaints against Levy County schools in mid-April, and after about a month of research, found seven issues that violate church-state separation,,,

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Levy County Schools Superintendent Rob Hastings said he received the letter and is working with the district's staff attorney to investigate the claims.

“I do not think that all the points are valid, but we will certainly look into it and analyze it,” Hastings said. “We will do our best to make sure that our school board and our schools are following the Constitution and that we protect all our students' rights.”

Levy School Board asked to look into violations of separation of church, state | Gainesville.com