Public school coaches told not to participate in prayer

From WSMV-TV Nashville, TN - Reported by Josh DeVine - WESTMORELAND, TN (WSMV) - Some football coaches are in trouble for something they did with their players. During a student-originated, student-led prayer, four coaches bowed their heads. They didn't say a word. But the principal and the district found out. "We've been telling our principals to kind of be looking for those things, because that is kind of a shift in how things have been done," Sumner County Schools spokesperson Jeremy Johnson said. "It can in no way appear like it's endorsed by Sumner County Schools personnel."Channel 4 asked if bowing one's head qualified as endorsing. "It depends on what it looks like," he said. Each coach had to sign a letter stating he understood the district's revised policy. Staff can be there when students pray but can not appear to take part, even outside school hours. Read more

Public school coaches told not to participate in prayer