MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) - The Middleton City Council has voted to rescind the school district’s lease of a park where students meet for lunch and some religious discussion.
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District administrator Don Johnson recommended the lease cancellation because of the controversy over the so-called Jesus lunches. School officials asked the organizers to end the lunches because district policies applied to the park because of the lease.
A handful of parents began organizing the noontime meetings outside Middleton High in 2014. As the meetings grew, organizers moved them to Fireman’s Park across from the school.
Organizers told WKOW-TV (https://bit.ly/1roa9Z7 ) at Tuesday night’s council meeting that the change will hopefully resolve the conflict over the lunches.
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