School reinstates Pledge of Allegiance following lawsuit claiming students weren't given opportunity

A schoolhouse territory successful Maine has had an evident alteration of bosom aft a suit filed by a father-son duo a period agone claimed it did not let precocious schoolhouse students the accidental to recite the Pledge of Allegiance successful classrooms.

The Portland Press Herald archetypal reported past period that Christopher Hickey filed the suit connected behalf of his 10th-grade son, Clayton, alleging the Falmouth School Department successful confederate Maine was violating a long-standing territory argumentation and authorities statue, requiring that students recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.

According to the lawsuit, the pledge was a regular occurrence successful some the district's simple and mediate schools, portion students successful the precocious schoolhouse did not enactment successful the ritual for 2 years.

Leadership for the schoolhouse territory told Fox News Digital that families are "encouraged" to travel guardant with questions and concerns astir the district's policies, saying the Pledge of Allegiance is an enactment for students that tin beryllium recited astatine Falmouth High School.

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The Maine school's argumentation says that an American emblem indispensable beryllium disposable successful each classroom. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg)

"At Falmouth High School, students are invited to accidental the Pledge of Allegiance if they choose," Falmouth Schools Superintendent Steve Nolan said successful a connection Wednesday. "Now that this substance has been brought to our attention, we person taken steps to supply an accidental during the schoolhouse time for students who privation to accidental the Pledge of Allegiance to bash truthful during a designated time."

Statute §4010 states: "A schoolhouse administrative portion shall let each pupil enrolled successful the schoolhouse administrative portion the accidental to recite the Pledge of Allegiance astatine immoderate constituent during a schoolhouse time successful which students are required to attend. A schoolhouse administrative portion whitethorn not necessitate a pupil to recite the Pledge of Allegiance."

The school's argumentation says that an American emblem volition beryllium flown connected schoolhouse grounds connected schoolhouse days successful summation to having it disposable successful each classroom.

"Furthermore, an accidental indispensable beryllium provided, during the schoolhouse days for which students are required to attend, for students and unit to recite the Pledge of Allegiance," the argumentation added.

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The suit alleges that the pledge was a regular occurrence successful some the district's simple and mediate schools, but not for students astatine the precocious schoolhouse for the past 2 years. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Hickey's attorney, Jack Baldacci, wrote successful a connection to the Press Herald that contempt Nolan's privation to grip the substance without ineligible action, they bash not deliberation the alteration would person been made without filing the suit.

"The territory had ample clip to close this longstanding omission connected its ain and failed to bash so," Baldacci wrote. "We are gladsome the territory is present complying, and we anticipation this marks the opening of a renewed committedness to the robust civic acquisition each pupil deserves."

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A teacher holds an American emblem successful a classroom. (iStock via Getty Images)

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Baldacci did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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The suit is ongoing.

The U.S. Department of Education did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.