Memphis-Shelby County Schools settles in Satan Club lawsuit
Former Memphis-Shelby County School’s Interim Superintendent Toni Williams (middle) surrounded by local faith-based leaders, spoke aabout permitting the Satanic Temple to rent space at Chimneyrock Elementary School during a press conference on Dec. 13, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Representatives for the club filed a lawsuit in March, claiming that the school district had “chosen to defy the First Amendment” by charging “excessive” and “unexpected” fees to rent space at Chimneyrock Elementary School for the club.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools religion lawsuitLaura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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