Delaware

FIRST AMENDMENT - RELIGION
In 2005, the Dobrich family and another family ("John Doe") that wished to remain anonymous out of fear of intimidation filed a lawsuit in federal district court charging the Indian River School District had created an "environment of religious exclusion" and promoted state-sponsored religion in the school.  At the school Bibles were distributed, teachers promoted Christianity, and Christian prayer was common at school functions.   The Dobrich's daughter was the only Jewish student to graduate in 2004.  At her graduation, the local pastor in his invocation stated: "I also pray for one specific student, that You be with her and guide her in the path that You have for her.  And we ask all these things in Jesus' name."   When the Dobrichs complained, a special school board meeting was held on the subject of prayer at which they received a hostile reception.  The issue was inflamed by the local media, and after receiving threatening phone calls, the Dobrichs moved out of the town.  When the school district rejected an offer to settle the federal lawsuit against the advice of the insurance company that had been representing it, company lawyers then filed a suit against the school district. The Dobrich-Doe case was due to go to trial in the summer of 2007. 

FIRST AMENDMENT - RELIGION
A lawsuit was filed against the Henlopen School District by a Muslim family that claimed that school officials were disrespectful of the their faith and did not stop the harassment of their children by other elementary school students.  In 2005, the case was settled when the school district promised to provide teacher training on diversity and a tolerance education program for all students.