Mrs. Rogers has come under criticism for having a prayer request board in the back of her 8th grade classroom at Oak Grove Middle School in Hattiesburg, MS. The board was designed to allow students to add requests they would like to have prayed for. The Lamar County Board of Education has caved to outside pressure and required Mrs. Rogers to take the prayer request board down. I support her efforts and appreciate a teacher who is willing to intercede on behalf of her students. This is a student-led initiative to show our support for Mrs. Rogers. We welcome any one in our community who supports Mrs. Rogers and other like-minded teachers in our public schools to join the petition.