Springfield school district responds to 'After School Satan Club' request

Superintendent John Jungmann has responded to the group seeking to establish an After School Satan Club at Watkins Elementary. The Aug. 9 letter, obtained by the News-Leader, acknowledges the request from the Satanic Temple of St. Louis, provides links to pertinent board policies governing facility usage and states the district's long-standing approach to such requests. The letter does not deny the request.

"The district allows community groups to use its facilities for educational, recreational, social, civic, philanthropic and similar purposes when the facilities are not being used by the district or district-sponsored groups," Jungmann wrote. The letter includes links to the policy governing community use of district facilities as well as the application and contract for facility usage, which outlines the rules and rental fees....
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