Morehouse Parish School Board

Morehouse Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in an unincorporated area of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the city of Bastrop, the parish seat.

The district serves Morehouse Parish.

Bastrop High School prayer controversy

In 2011, graduating senior Damon Fowler objected to prayer at the Bastrop High School graduation exercises, claiming a looming violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.^[1] The ACLU of Louisiana asked the school not to include a prayer in the May 20 graduation.^[1] At the Thursday night rehearsal for the graduation, senior Sarah Barlow included a prayer that explicitly mentioned Jesus, and during the graduation, student Laci Rae Mattice led people in the Lord's Prayer before a moment of silence. The school says that Mattice was told not to include a prayer.^[1] Fowler stated that after his objections became public he was ostracized by other students.^[2]

Schools

6-12 schools

• Delta High School [1] (Unincorporated area)

High schools

• Bastrop High School [2] (Bastrop)

K-8 schools

• Beekman Junior High School (Unincorporated area)

1-8 schools

• Morehouse Magnet School (Bastrop)

7-8 schools

• Morehouse Junior High School (Bastrop)

PK-6 schools

• Henry V. Adams Elementary School (Bastrop)
• Cherry Ridge Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• East Side Elementary School (Bastrop)
• Pine Grove Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Southside Elementary School (Bastrop)

3-6 schools

• Carver Elementary School (Bastrop)

PK-2 schools

• Oak Hill Elementary School (Bastrop)

Alternative

• Bastrop Learning Academy (Bastrop)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Southwell, Zack (21 May 2011). "Prayer sparks controversy in Bastrop". The Star. http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20110521/NEWS01/105210325. Retrieved 21 May 2011. 
2. ^ Lebo, Lauri. "Student Says He’s Ostracized for Objecting to Graduation Prayer". Religion Dispatches. http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/laurilebo/4631/student_says_he%E2%80%99s_ostracized_for_objecting_to_graduation_prayer/. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 

External links

• Morehouse Parish Schools