MARION, Ohio – A plaque of the Ten Commandments that was removed from an Ohio high school will find a new home off campus, despite students’ attempt to keep the plaque at school.

Marion City Schools communications coordinator Kurt Moore said the plaque, which was removed from Marion Harding High School last fall, will go to a local dance studio after a group of faith-based leaders, students, the superintendent, mayor and several residents voted on the issue after an hours-long discussion Tuesday, The Marion Star reports.

Initial news reports indicated there were no complaints regarding the Ten Commandments plaque when principal Kirk Koennecke decided to take the plaque down last August, alleging the reason behind the move was two-fold: it was part of an archival project, and it allegedly potentially violated the law.

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But The Marion Star now reports “the plaque came down from the wall of a front hallway in August after a community member complained to Harding Principal Kirk Koennecke regarding its location in a public school.

“Koennecke made his decision based on legal challenges around the country against schools displaying religious texts and symbols, the school said.”

Regardless, the plaque, which was donated by the school’s Class of 1956 will now hang at the Christian-based dance studio DiverseMoves, with permanent ownership bestowed on the Marion County Historical Society, according to the news site.

Several members of Harding’s student newspaper, the Harding Herald, attended the Tuesday meeting, and said the compromise is fine, for now, but they plan to continue efforts to return the plaque to the high school. The Harding Herald published student editorials with arguments for and against the plaque in December.

“They kind of came into the meeting knowing it wouldn’t be put in the school,” student Cheyenne Abrams told The Marion Star.

“I am upset that it’s not going to be back in Harding, but I trust (DiverseMoves owner) Quiana (Revere) with it,” student Sydney Cook added.

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Cook said she plans to write Congress in hopes of reopening the issue.

Freshman Anthony Miller, who mounted a one-man protest against the plaque’s removal by refusing to participate in class, told the Star he plans to hold a news conference this weekend about the decision.

Other students circulated a petition to have the plaque returned to the school’s hallway, but that was obviously ignored by school officials.

“There’s a risk we could be sued if you look at the legal challenges against this,” Moore said.

Revere, the dance studio owner, said it’s “an honor and privilege” to hang the plaque at DiverseMoves.

“I am so excited,” she told the Star. “I think it just says something about the integrity of the business with us being able to be part of the Marion community and the neighboring community … the Ten Commandments is more about morals and values than anything.”