Raw Story: fight as Waynesville high school blocks secular student group

Posted on — David Forbes

Excerpted from Raw Story:

A fight is brewing between the administration at Pisgah High School in Waynesville, North Carolina and a group of students who want to form a secular student group. According to the national Secular Students Association (SSA) website, the high school students have been joined in their effort by the SSA and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Four months ago a student at Pisgah approached the administration about forming a group for non-religious students. Assistant Principal Connie Weeks told the student that she needed to “look into” the feasibility of forming such a group. In a subsequent meeting, Weeks told the student that such a group wouldn’t “fit in” with the school’s current roster of extra-curricular clubs.

Besides, Weeks said, she couldn’t find a faculty sponsor for the club. At all subsequent meetings with the student, school officials refused to discuss the issue any further.

SSA reported that under the Equal Access Act, schools must appoint a faculty member to sponsor such a club if one was not immediately available. The student contacted SSA, who in turn contacted the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) and the American Civil Liberties Union.

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  1. bsummers

    Apparently, Atheist/Agnostic/Nontheist students have fewer rights than “normal” students.

    Way to go, Waynesville High School. Your comrades in the Taliban salute you.

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