The school district should already have a policy in place regarding such activites; it's a simple matter and should have been done long ago.
Although we were a non-denominational private school and had students of many faiths, we had an Invocation and Benediction for Baccalaureate and Graduation - asking people to "Please stand for the Invocation" or "Please stand for the Benediction" (not to "pray") - the Invocation and Benediction were humanistically neutral passages from the Bible (chosen by the event's coordinator and me), philosophically relevant to the celebration, and read by a member of the Student Council - there were no references to any "deity", no "amen", and we never had any issues with it.
I think the oft-cited "Founding Fathers" would be pleased with our interpretation of their "intent" in regards to the practice of religious freedom for all.
And so it goes...
Richard 
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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