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On 26 October 2014, a claim began to circulate online which stated a Marine was banned from his daughter's school for objecting to a lesson about Islam. The parent in question was identified in the post as Kevin Wood, father of a female student at La Plata High School in Maryland. According to Wood, he learned of his daughter's assignment despite an attempt on her part to conceal it from him: Wood stated he was initially told his daughter would be given an alternate assignment, but the school rescinded the offer: After Wood's claims circulated heavily on social sites like Facebook, La Plata High School officials commented to a local news outlet about the situation. According to the school, Wood was not banned over his objection to the assignment. On 23 October 2014, the school's principal filed for a no-trespass order against Wood. A representative for La Plata High School said the move was unusual and the parent had allegedly threatened to cause a disruption in remarks made to a vice principal: Charles County Public Schools, the district in which La Plata High School is located, released a statement to parents about the situation: A representative for the school stated none of the material in question was religiously indoctrinating in nature, and the lesson on Islam was a part of a larger world history curriculum. In January 2016, the Thomas More Law Center announced that they had filed a lawsuit against the Charles County Public School on behalf of John and Melissa Wood:
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