IP: STUDENT SUSPENDED FOR WEB NAME-CALLING -- from edupage

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

[The problem is people just don't understand that high school students have
no rights -- at least according to the way the School Boards act. Ours gave
the following rule for anyone that is accused of disruption on a bus. 


The student will be granted a hearing at which time he shall have the
opportunity to explain his/her position after which the student will be
suspended


The administration saw nothing wrong with this policy.


Dave]


A Miami-area high school senior has been suspended and may be prevented from
graduating because school authorities discovered that his Web page called
the high school "one of the worst schools within a 10-state radius" and
saying it is "the melting pot of the world's most disgusting people -- from
the cafeteria to the principal."  The case has drawn the interest of the
American Civil Liberties Union.  (AP 8 May 98)