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Ms. Toad

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7. Black armband,

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 10:20 PM

Mar 2018

and not the same.

The black armbands are pure, non-disruptive, speech.

Speech that, by its nature, removes kids from the classroom disrupts the educational process.

It's not the demonstration that is being punished, but being absent from school without one of the permitted reasons for the absence. The school has the right to set its attendance policy - as long as it treats all non-permitted absences the same. (In other words, if it imposes the same punishment on a kid who walks out of class to go to the local Dairy Queen during school hours as it does the kid who walks out of class to protest during school hours they are probably in the clear.)

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Maine: SAD 13 superintendent warns students, staff not to participate in gun protest [View all] ffr Mar 2018 OP

I hope they do it anyway. Freedomofspeech Mar 2018 #1

a note from a parent should be sufficient nt msongs Mar 2018 #2

Probably not. Ms. Toad Mar 2018 #6

she "...oversees school in Moscow..." TheCowsCameHome Mar 2018 #3

I dont understand. Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2018 #4

No. The school's attendance policy is subject to the local school board. Ms. Toad Mar 2018 #10

Thank you Ms. Toad. Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2018 #16

Isn't there a SCOTUS decision from Vietnam era that contradicts her claim? bobbieinok Mar 2018 #5

Black armband, Ms. Toad Mar 2018 #7

Tinker v Des Moines is the one you're thinking of, and no.. ahh, Ms. Toad got there first. n/t X_Digger Mar 2018 #9

The're family friends, Ms. Toad Mar 2018 #11

.. X_Digger Mar 2018 #20

Civil obedience has consequences. Why are some surprised? X_Digger Mar 2018 #8

Small price to pay. blake2012 Mar 2018 #12

It's okay, they can just go to BU (edit: or MIT, also on record) moriah Mar 2018 #13

I was curious about what the penalty is, and it seems there may be none marylandblue Mar 2018 #14

The ACLU expresses it this way ffr Mar 2018 #15

An unexcused absence is the penalty LeftInTX Mar 2018 #19

Rebar reinforcing the crumbling conservative concrete with vindictiveness ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #17

+1 The era of conservatives and their corrupt deceitful ways is coming to and end. ffr Mar 2018 #18