Chicago Public Schools allegedly subjected students to secret religious rituals by a Hollywood director’s charitable foundation with the help of the University of Chicago.
CPS and the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace paid a Christian student $150,000 last fallto resolve litigation, and now could be on the hook for much more.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly granted class certification for Establishment Clause claims in a First Amendment lawsuit that covers every student in the “Quiet Time” program, which ran for four years at eight CPS schools, who turned 18 on or after Jan. 13, 2021. He said it’s likely to number in the thousands of students.
