The court's most recent prior ruling on prayer in school came in a 1992 case called Lee vs. Weisman. Apparently fearing that Rhode Island was on the cusp of establishing Reformed Judaism as the state religion, the court held that a Providence school had violated the Establishment Clause by allowing a reformed rabbi to give the invocation at a high school graduation ceremony. The point on which the court relied most heavily in Lee was the enormous gravity of a high school graduation. Indeed, the Lee court droned on at some length about the psychological importance of high school graduation ceremonies. Obviously these guys are a lot further away from their high school years than we like to remember.
Senior prom is more significant.
In any event, that was where the court stood on prayer near a school until its latest ruling on the potentiality of prayer at a high school football game. As long as this court sits, prayer will never corrupt the ears of a cheerleader. Consequently, the court found, the school policy practically required the designated student to speak in tongues. As luck would have it, the court answered that in another decision announced the same day. Would you like to see them add this columnist to their newspaper.