The Rutherford County Board of Education will start meetings with prayer instead of moments of silence, the majority recently decided.
Board member Caleb Tidwell called for the 5-2 vote March 20 to allow for a short prayer and “ask for some divine guidance at the beginning,” which was practiced at meetings in prior decades by elected school officials.
Board member Stan Vaught opposed Tidwell’s motion, which was proposed near the end of the meeting and excluded from the agenda…