Events during 2008

	Playing of a song with a religious reference in honor of a three-year-old cancer victim.
	?See You at the Pole? student prayer event.
	National Day of Prayer observances.
	Meetings on campus by the group Praying Parents.
	Thanksgiving observances with religious references.
	Christmas observances with religious references. 3

The plaintiffs were not successful in eliminating these activities. However, the decision by Judge Robert L. Echols of the United States District Court for the Middle district of Tennessee, Nashville Division, was severely restricted in the way in which they organized, allowed, and presented these events, in accordance with previous court decisions in the U.S.

The court instructed the defendants, associated with the Lakeview School, to:

	Bring their religious activities and practices into conformance with the policies specified by the Wilson County Board of Education.
	The outside, non student group, Praying Parents are to be given precisely the same permissions and restrictions that other outside groups are given: no more and no less.
	Teaching in Kindergarten of the religious aspects of the origins of Thanksgiving and of the Pilgrim culture may continue, and include a generic prayer that is similar to that given by the Pilgrims. But the prayer is to be presented "...in an unbiased and objective manner without sectarian indoctrination." Parents are to be informed in advance and allowed to have their children excused from participating in the prayer blessing.
	"Lakeview School kindergarten teachers may include a nativity scene, accompanied by the singing of religious carols, in the annual Christmas program so long as the nativity scene is displayed as an example of the cultural and religious heritage of the holiday, the display is temporary in nature, the display is presented in an unbiased and objective manner without sectarian indoctrination, the parents of kindergarten students are given express, advance notice of the inclusion of the nativity scene and the singing of religious carols in the annual Christmas program,  and parents of kindergarten students are given the opportunity to request in advance that a student be excused from participating in the nativity scene and the singing of religious carols."
	School employees are prohibited from organizing, promoting or attending a See You At The Pole? event or the National Day of Prayer event, with the exception of supervising students or property. "Flyers, signs, posters, notices or announcements ... must include a disclaimer that the Wilson County School System and the administration of the Lakeview School do not endorse or sponsor the events." The student sponsors must pay rent for any school equipment used. The "I Prayed" stickers are not to be worn by school employees during instructional time. 4

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