The Cranston’s Teachers’ Alliance goes to court

 By Stephanie Vargas

news@abc6.com

PROVIDENCE, RI_ The Cranston’s Teachers’ Alliance (CTA) goes to court to protect their religious freedom.

When a group of Christians informed the Cranston School Department they were taking religious leave for Good Friday, they were denied. This provoked a lawsuit.

In previous years, the Cranston School‘s Committee has not scheduled class on religious holdaiys: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Good Friday.

The school committee has adopted those religious holidays as school days for the 2014-2015 calendar year.

Collective bargaining agreements between the CTA and the School Committee allow every employee to take up to two days of religious leave per school year.

So far, the Cranston School department will not be testing for the PARCC on Good Friday.

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