‘I was shocked’: Grand Island school district reverses decision, allows student’s religious parking design

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Grand Island Central School District has reversed its decision and will now allow a high school senior to display her original religious design on her parking spot after initially rejecting it.

Sabrina Steffans, a rising Grand Island Senior High School senior, submitted her first parking spot design in May, featuring a Bible verse and religious imagery. The district denied that design and a second one, telling her she needed to remove Biblical quotes and take out the word “God.”

After attorneys sent a demand letter to the district last week, officials have now approved Steffans’ original design…

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