Major flip for school that sent cop to 1st-grader's home
Child under fire for sharing Bible stories with classmates
Published: 9 hours ago
A California school district that dispatched a sheriff’s deputy to a first-grade student’s home to stop him from sharing Bible verses with classmates because they could be “offended” abruptly has reversed course.
In a letter to the student’s legal representatives, the Palmdale, California, School District affirmed the student, identified by the initial “C,” may “freely discuss his religious beliefs on the Desert Rose campus during non-instructional time,” may distribute written material to anyone on any sidewalk near the school gate, his parents may continue sending him daily notes and verses, he may read and discuss his note with his peers “during non-instructional time” and he may invite peers to join him on the sidewalk after school to talk about the notes.
WND reported in June the school dispatched a sheriff’s deputy to the student’s home regarding notes the student’s mother, Christina Zavala, regularly tucked into his lunch that contain Bible verses.
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