A Twin Cities school district’s plans to include spaces for prayer and washing of feet in new construction and building upgrades has drawn national attention and outrage.
The district insists these updates come at the urging of “user groups,” and that the prayer space comes as a multipurpose room that can be used for any number of activities.
“At all sites multipurpose needs have included calming/quiet, studying, testing or a small club or academic gathering. These spaces are scheduled out and supervised by staff,” wrote a district spokesperson. “All students are welcome to use each of these spaces.”…