MOUNT VERNON — Things appeared calm and quiet this morning at Mount Vernon Middle School as students and staff followed their normal routines.
Mount Vernon City police officers were stationed in the entry lobby, presumably to prevent unauthorized entry and to protect the students’ privacy.
Middle school officials declined to comment on reports of students wearing T-shirts and carrying signs in support of science teacher John Freshwater. Several students had also planned to take Bibles to classes in support of Freshwater’s refusal to remove a Bible from his classroom desk.
Superintendent Steve Short said the students have the right to bring Bibles to school.
Students plan a rally at the Spirit Rock next to the high school this afternoon at 2:45.
