The Santa Fe Independent School District is making headlines again with another suit involving religion. The school captured the nation’s attention in the summer of 2000 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against its practice of organized student-sponsored prayer at public school events on the grounds that it violated the separation of church and state in Doe v. Santa Fe Independent School District. On Feb. 21, the district settled a suit arising from alleged acts of religious intolerance against a Jewish boy. Details of the settlement are under seal pursuant to a court order.
On behalf of their son, Phillip, Eric and Donna Nevelow sued Santa Fe ISD in federal district court in August 2000. The Nevelows demanded $5 million in damages for emotional suffering, alleging that from the time he was 11, Phillip had been harassed and threatened by other students because he was Jewish.
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