FFRF’s work paid off in Iowa after a middle school removed religious items from a classroom. (October 2025)

FFRF’s work paid off in Iowa after a middle school removed religious items from a classroom. (October 2025)

Iowa — FFRF’s work paid off in the Newton (Iowa) Community School District after a middle school removed religious items from a classroom. A concerned parent reported that an instructor of Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates at Berg Middle School was using his position to promote his personal religious beliefs to students. The parent reported that the teacher displayed religious iconography in his classroom, including a Christian cross and a poste…