Ten Commandments monument at center of lawsuit will be moved to different school

The Ten Commandments monument that must be removed from a New Kensington school will go to a different school just a few minutes away.

Valley High School agreed to move the statue as part of an

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reported the monument will be moved to the Mary Queen of Apostles Catholic School.

The challenge to the monument was filed in 2012 by a student and her atheist mother, Marie Schaub. The girl encountered the monument as she attended recreational events or dropped off her sister, a Valley High student at the time.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation received a signed settlement on Feb. 21 from the New Kensington-Arnold School District saying it will relocate the 6-foot-high monolith from near the gym entrance within 30 days.

The monument was donated to the district in 1956 by the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles. It includes an eagle, American flag, Star of David and a Masonic eye.

The foundation also was involved in a similar case, leading to the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from outside Connellsville Area Junior High School in 2015. That marker, also originally erected by the Eagles group, was reinstalled on the grounds of nearby Connellsville Church of God, making it visible to anyone who approaches the school.

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