[3] Bossier Parish Schools was criticized when staff emails were published displaying a cavalier attitude about teaching creationism directly from the Bible to students.
One teacher, Carolyn Goodwin, mentioned that "We pray at school functions and probably break the law all the time!
!” [4] In February 2017, Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a federal lawsuit alleging a variety of unconstitutional practices.
[6][7] In September 2017, in reaction to the protests by professional athletes during the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner", the superintendent of the Bossier Parish School Board, Scott Smith, released a statement requiring all athletes at schools in the parish to stand during the playing of the anthem.
The statement read: "Our principals and their coaching staffs have sole discretion in determining consequences should a student athlete elect not to stand during the National Anthem and they are making their expectations known to players and their families this week.