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Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1985
Reviews a Pennsylvania higher court decison in which a student sued the school board for reducing her grades as punishment for misconduct during a school outing. The court found in the student's favor. The punishment must fit the crime. (MD)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Grading
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1988
A Pennsylvania case shows that once a school auditorium becomes a designated public forum, the free speech clause of the First Amendment requires the board to allow other similarly situated outsiders (including religious groups) to use the facilities for expressive activity. Another Pennsylvania case involving dual employment upheld a teacher's…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom of Speech