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Tribune News Service
Tribune News Service
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Angie DiMichele

The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides

A rabbi, a Baptist church pastor, a born-and-raised Catholic and an atheist walked into a Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday.

They were all there for the same reason: to talk about removing the Bible from public schools.

The request to remove the Bible in Palm Beach County schools began with Rabbi Barry Silver in April. His repeated requests to the Olympic Heights Community High School principal and Superintendent Michael Burke failed, leading him to a final effort before School Board members Wednesday afternoon.

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