Connecticut teacher fights her suspension over classroom crucifix

Connecticut teacher fights her suspension over classroom crucifix

Marisol Arroyo-Castro had kept a small reminder of her Catholic faith near her desk for more than a decade — until school staff told her to hide it or lose her long-held position teaching children. A Christian teacher in Connecticut has sued school district leaders after she was removed from her public middle school classroom in December for refusing to take down a crucifix she had long kept near her desk. The lawsuit, filed in February in U.S. …