OXFORD v. BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 1:96-CV-706.

224 F.Supp.2d 1099 (2002)

Tom OXFORD, Individually and as Next Friend of Brett Oxford and Ryan Oxford, Minor Children; Debra Barry, Individually and as Next Friend of Avian Barry, Minor Grandchild, Plaintiffs, v. BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

August 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott David Newar, of Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Tanner Truett Hunt, Jr. and Melody G. Thomas of Wells, Payton, Greenberg & Hunt, Beaumont, TX, for Defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SCHELL, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY

This case involves a constitutional challenge to the Beaumont Independent School District's ("BISD") "Clergy in Schools" ("CIS") program, which, beginning in September 1996, placed clerical volunteers from the Beaumont community in BISD's primary and secondary schools to counsel and mentor students on secular topics. To begin, the court...

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