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CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - A Metro Atlanta school district was threatened with a lawsuit because a group says the county's high school graduations violate the separation of church and state. The Cherokee County school board voted on whether to move graduation away from a local church.
The Cherokee County School Board voted Thursday night not to move the graduation ceremonies from First Baptist Church of Woodstock.
School officials said the church offers the most space and it only charges $2,000 for all the county's graduation ceremonies.
But a national advocacy group threatened to sue the district unless it found a non-religious venue for graduation.
Cherokee School Board Votes on Graduation Site
We have our graduation ceremony on the football field in order to accomodate everyone. If it rains, it's moved to the school and only parents can attend. I can't imagine a district having to pay more than $2000.
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