Hardesty Public School District

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Hardesty Public School District is a public school district in Hardesty, Texas County, Oklahoma, United States.

In May 2007 ABC News featured a report on religious discrimination the Smalkowski family suffered from Hardesty school officials.[1] The report included information about an ongoing lawsuit, which was filed by American Atheists on behalf of the Smalkowski family.[1] The lawsuit alleges the Hardesty public schools violated Nicole Smalkowski's (a 13 year-old girl) constitutional rights after kicking her off the school basketball team and suspending her for refusing to join a prayer circle at a sports event.[2] School officials and other students harassed Smalkowski and her family because of her lack of religious beliefs, and in one case the school principal assaulted her father. [3]

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  1. ^ a b "Atheists in a town of Believers", ABC News, May 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
  2. ^ "Chester Smalkowski, Nadia Smalkowski, American Atheists v. Hardesty Public School District", American Atheists, August 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
  3. ^ "Atheists file civil rights suit in Oklahoma Outrage", American Atheists, August 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 

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