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Group promotes prayer at schools.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
Back in 1990, a small group of teenagers in Burleson, Texas, came together for what they called a "Disciple Now" weekend. On a Saturday night, the students felt inspired to pray, and they then decided to drive to three different schools that same evening. They didn't know what to do when they arrived, so they went to the school flagpoles and prayed for their friends, schools, and leaders.
The students joined with others of a similar mind-set to encourage other students throughout Texas to meet at their school flagpoles to pray simultaneously. Their vision was soon named "See You at the Pole." Their idea was shared with 20,000 students at Reunion Arena in Dallas, in June 1990.
At 7:00 a.m. on September 12, 1990, more than 45,000 teenagers met at school flagpoles in four different states to pray before the start of school. See You at the Pole (SYATP) became an annual event scheduled on the fourth Wednesday of September, and by 2006, more than two million teenagers met for See You at the Pole in all 50 states.
The SYATP website informs students: "While there is no requirement to ask the administration or school board's permission to meet, it is wise and courteous to inform the administration about See You at the Pole. According to Supreme Court precedent and their constitutional rights, students already have permission. SYATP is student-led, it is before school hours, and it is outside of any school building. It does not cost the district anything financially for students to meet to pray, so they aren't 'establishing religion' with tax money."
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