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This March 26, 2014 photo shows St. Paul’s School, founded in 1888 in Lawrenceville, Va., to serve young African-American women and men. The school, affiliated with the Episcopal Church, is up for sale and sealed bids will be opened April 9. The school closed last year but alumni hope it can be resurrected by the sale. The campus and its buildings are valued at $12.5 million. (AP Photo/Mandana Marsh)
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In this Dec. 6, 2007 photo, the Rev. Kevin Kisler, of the Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Greece, ends his moment of prayer at the start of a 2008 Greece Town Board meeting in Greece, N.Y. In the spring of 2014, the United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether the town’s practice of opening board meetings with predominantly Christian-themed prayers violates the U.S. Constitution. Two township residents brought suit after complaining that the practice made them uncomfortable. Seated in the rear are from left, are, from left, Robert Bilsky, John Auberger and Jerry Helfer. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Shawn Dowd)
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In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Linda Stephens poses for a photo in her Greece, N.Y., home. Stephens, an atheist, is one of two town residents who brought suit against Greece, N.Y., after complaining that the Christian prayers that town board meetings were opened with made them uncomfortable. In the spring of 2014, the United States Supreme Court is expected to rule whether the township violated the Constitution by opening town board meetings regularly using Christian Prayers. (AP Photo/Democrat and Chronicle, Jamie Germano)
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In this Nov. 3, 2013 photo, Susan Galloway poses at the Flying Squirrel Community Space in Greece N.Y., where she is a member. Galloway, who is Jewish, is one of two town residents who brought suit against the township of Greece, N.Y., after complaining that the Christian prayers that town board meetings were opened with made them uncomfortable. Greece v. Galloway is now before the United States Supreme Court and a decision is expected sometime in the spring of 2014 on whether the town violated the Constitution because nearly every prayer in an 11-year span was overtly Christian. (AP Photo/ Democrat & Chronicle, Annette Lein)
