Bastrop_High_School_(Louisiana)

Bastrop High School (Louisiana)

Bastrop High School (Louisiana)

Public high school in Bastrop, , Louisiana, United States

Bastrop High School is a senior high school in Bastrop, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Morehouse Parish School Board.

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For the historic high school building, see Bastrop High School (Bastrop, Louisiana).

History

In 2006, Bastrop High had an undefeated American football team season, but on August 28, 2006, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association removed the school's title, arguing that it had improperly contacted and transported players from Port Sulphur, Louisiana who had been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.[2]

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. The ACLU of Louisiana asked the school not to include a prayer in the May 20 graduation. 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.[3] Fowler stated that after his objections became public he was ostracized by other students.[4]

Notable alumni

References

  1. [1]
    "Bastrop High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Longman, Jeré (September 21, 2006). "From a Hurricane to the Eye of a Storm". The New York Times. p. D1. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  3. [3]
    Southwell, Zack (May 21, 2011). "Prayer sparks controversy in Bastrop". The News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
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    Lebo, Lauri. "Student Says He's Ostracized for Objecting to Graduation Prayer he died November 30, 2018". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
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    Dunlop, R. G.; Ryan, Jacob (December 11, 2017), The Pope's Long Con, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, archived from the original on May 26, 2019, retrieved May 30, 2019, A Kentucky preacher-turned-politician's web of lies
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