School board to pay in Jesus prayer suit.

Two Jewish Families sued a Delaware school over their policies on religion. They sued, "over the the pervasiveness of Christian prayer and other religious activities in the school." For instance, school board meetings starting with prayer was one thing that upset thedon't feel parties. One of the Jewish mothers, Mona Dobrich, suggested that the school board should consider more generic and less exclusionary prayers. Although the school was made to change its policy, the Dobrich family decided to move for the well being of their children.
As a Jewish student living in Deerfield, I that there is a big religious bias in our school. If I were living in Delaware at that time I would have been a little annoyed with all the Jesus talk but I would accept it as part of a religion as long as it did not get in the way of my education. I don't think that these two families should have made such a big deal about the issue. They embarrassed their kids and have hurt the school financially for having to compensate them.


Banerjee, Neela. "School board to pay in Jesus prayer suit.(National Desk)." The New York Times. 157. 54234 (Feb 28, 2008): A15(L). Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 8 Feb. 2010 .