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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Between calculus and European history classes at a West...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly.

Students at a West Virginia public high school were told by their teacher to close their eyes, raise their arms in prayer and give their lives over to Jesus to find purpose and salvation.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Between calculus and European history classes at a West...

“It’s a completely unfair and unacceptable situation to put a teenager in,” said one mom. “I’m not knocking their faith, but there’s a time and place for everything — and in public schools, during the school day, is not the time and place.”

Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly.

The teens were taken to a Christian revival at school, asked to give their lives over to Jesus and told those who did not follow the Bible would go to

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly. When students arrived at the event in the school’s auditorium, they were instructed to close

In a community of fewer than 50,000 people in southwestern West Virginia, the controversy has ignited a broader conversation about whether religious services – voluntary or not – should be allowed during school hours at all.

HUNTINGTON — Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an