l violence, including tragedies like Columbine, in the past.
             Public schools must remain neutral with respect to religion:
             They may not promote or denigrate a particular religion in relation to another religion or to secularism.
             They may not promote religion over secularism as a superior approach to life.
             They may not promote secularism over religion as a superior approach to life.
             There appear to be two obvious ways in which prayer can be promoted in public schools without violating the necessity for neutrality:
             A part of the school day could be set aside for a moment of silence. One Web site, 4 the Natural Prayer Project (NPP) recommends that schools follow a suggestion made by Colin Powell: a simple moment of silence. Students would then have the right to pray, meditate, contemplate, study, organize their day, settle and compose themselves, or engage in any other non-disruptive silent activity. The enabling legislation would have to be carefully worded to make certain that it is not being written to sneak prayer into the schools.
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