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My question is, where does the school property end? Usually sidewalks are public/no man's land, hence the ability to photograph or protest on sidewalks. Schools certainly could be different, but if he was on the sidewalk, and not on school property, wouldn't he be in the right?
If so, you'd need to make a distinction to allow appropriate discipline during field trips and why this situation wouldn't qualify as such. The principal's case relied on defining the parade attendance as a school event, rendering the property line irrelevant... maybe...
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Also, did it seem based on those quotes, that the judges ruled against him because they thought the sign was sophomoric?
The article makes it sound that way, but I don't think that alone would have cut it. If the sign had been "Name somebody who's died from hemp," the reasonable interpretation of promoting drug use could still hold. Of course, most humor in this case is pretty much gone, and the controversy may increase a bit.
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10 days suspension is outrageous. There almost seems like there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Yeah, it's hard to justify. She was probably freaked out for her reputation (and, thus, possibly her career). I've never been to Juneau, but I have to imagine the Olympic Torch relay coming through town was a pretty big deal.
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