An Invitation to Provide Invocation Before Meetings of Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Trustees.
The religious leaders or chosen leaders of any assembly that periodically worships or regularly meets in the City of Roanoke Rapids and/or the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District lines for the purpose of worshiping or discussing their religious perspectives are invited to offer an invocation before a meeting of the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Trustees. The person to provide the invocation are free to offer an invocation to the Board of Trustees according to the dictates of their own conscience. The Board requests only that the purpose of the invocation be to solemnize the occasion and that speakers not promote one faith or belief system over others, disparage other faiths or belief systems, attempt to convert others to the speaker’s faith or belief system, or ask audience members to participate.
If interested, please contact Superintendent Julie Thompson by email at invocation@rrgsd.org or U.S. Mail at 536 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 and provide your name, preferred meeting date, and contact information.
RRGSD Board of Trustees Meeting Dates are listed below:
July 18, 2023 6:00 pm
August 15, 2023 6:00 pm
September 19, 2023 6:00 pm
October 17, 2023 6:00 pm
November 21, 2023 6:00 pm
December 19, 2023 6:00 pm
January 16, 2024 6:00 pm
February 20, 2024 6:00 pm
March 19, 2024 6:00 pm
April 16, 2024 6:00 pm
May 21, 2024 6:00 pm
June 18, 2023 6:00 pm
Policy 2315/Opening Invocations Before Board Meetings can be found here.