Judge Katherine Lybrand's decision said that the plaintiffs challenging a list of traditional values posted in Ketchikan schools, including 'reverence for our creator,' didn’t prove the statement was religious.
were created years ago by Southeast Native leaders, and include items like “hold each other up” and “speak with care.” But parents Justin Breese and Rebecca King sued the school district, alleging that one of the values, “reverence for our creator,” was a religious statement that violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. for the posters to be taken down from common areas and instead be incorporated into guided lessons.
“The mere display of the posters around the District’s schools does not foster excessive entanglement or coerce students to believe a certain thing ,” Lybrand wrote in her decision. Lybrand also wrote that the “reverence for our creator,” value wasn’t a required part of the Ketchikan Charter School program and teachers aren’t required to hang the posters in their classrooms. On the first day of the trial, Ketchikan Charter School Principal Kayla Livingston testified that the value “reverence for our creator” hadn’t been used as a “value of the week” or “value of the month” at the school.
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