School reinstates Pledge of Allegiance following lawsuit claiming students weren't given opportunity

A school district in Maine has had an apparent change of heart after a lawsuit filed by a father-son duo a month ago claimed it did not allow high school students the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in classrooms.

The Portland Press Herald first reported last month that Christopher Hickey filed the suit on behalf of his 10th-grade son, Clayton, alleging the Falmouth School Department in southern Maine was violating a long-standing district policy and state statue, requiring...