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Meixsell, Susanne H.; Zirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2007
Madeline Smith, a new elementary principal in northeastern Pennsylvania, wrestles with how to handle a dilemma involving one of her special education teachers who is wearing a head wrap while working. Wearing the head wrap is a violation of district policy, and if the head wrap is a religious symbol, then the employee is also violating the state…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, School Policy, Elementary Schools, Principals
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Zirkel, Perry A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
As illustrated by two recent decisions, the courts in the past decade have demarcated wide boundaries for school officials considering dress codes, whether in the form of selective prohibitions or required uniforms. Administrators must warn the community, provide legitimate justification and reasonable clarity, and comply with state law. (MLH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dress Codes, School Uniforms, Student Rights
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Two middle-school students unsuccessfully challenged a Phoenix school's mandatory school uniform policy. The attorney representing the district interpreted the appellate court's decision as providing assurance for public schools that such policies are constitutional, provided they are content-neutral, not aimed at suppressing any particular…
Descriptors: Dress Codes, Freedom of Speech, Intermediate Grades, Legal Problems
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
A mother in rural Illinois who demonstrated against a dress-code policy at a school board meeting by brandishing a toy gun was banned from future school activities and filed suit. Courts upheld the board's policy of imposing reasonable restrictions on time, place, and manner of free speech. (MLH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Demonstrations (Civil)