# Connecticut teacher escorted out of school over classroom crucifix heads to federal appeals court

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/connecticut-teacher-escorted-out-of-school-over-classroom-crucifix-heads-to-federal-appeals-court/
- Published: 2026-11-13T22:00:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T23:38:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/connecticut-teacher-escorted-out-school-over-classroom-crucifix-heads-federal-appeals-court
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A Connecticut teacher is appealing a ruling over her classroom crucifix.
- The dispute turns on private religious expression versus government speech.
- Oral arguments are scheduled for 7 December.

## Summary

Connecticut teacher Marisol Arroyo-Castro is taking her First Amendment case to the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals after her school district barred a crucifix she had kept in her classroom. The appeal concerns whether her personal religious display was protected private expression or government speech, as a federal judge ruled when denying her request for a preliminary injunction.

Arroyo-Castro had taught for more than 30 years and says the crucifix had been near her desk for about a decade. After administrators ordered its removal in December 2024, she received a reprimand, was suspended for two days without pay, placed on paid leave and later reassigned to a non-teaching role. Oral arguments are scheduled for 7 December; her lawyers cite the US Supreme Court’s Kennedy decision on a teacher’s private religious expression.

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