Wrong, thats simply not true, a private school can do all of those things, but a public school cannot.
Schools have lost those fights in the courts time and again. They can enforce community obscenity standards, require drug testing for participation for sports and groups, and define a dress code. They can't stop you from having piercings (even the federal gov't lost that case when dealing with GS employees) or tattoos. You need parental permission for them under 18 anyway. Schools have the power the parents allow them, most of the time parents aren't willing to go to court in order to defend their children though as the kid is usually in the wrong in some manner. Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > a school's got a lot more authority than the government within it's walls. > A school can dictate the length of your hair, the style of your > clothes....they can curtail your freedom of speech. It's a whole different > entity. > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> I find this entertaining...this is pretty much the government telling >> you >>> how to raise your children, then. So many ppl here, like G, hate when >>> government steps in and infringes on personal freedoms, yet when >> something >>> like this happens, it's OK? How is this different? >> >> It's different because this is the school, not the government. I mean, >> when >> you send your kid to school, you are basically saying "Okay, I'm giving >> them >> to you so you can educate them, and I agree with the rules that you have >> set >> forth in order to achieve that." >> >> That's why I think poor communication is somewhat to blame here. If >> parents >> were aware of this rule, they would then be in a better position to >> determine if they want to allow their children to take cell phones to >> school >> at all. Or, if they felt the rule was extreme, they could discuss it with >> the school before it became an issue for them. >> >> Let me say before it gets warped out of context - I totally agree with the >>> teacher snapping up the celly. But if Dana goes in and says "Thank you >>> for >>> pointing this out to me, if you'd kindly give me back the phone, I will >>> deal >>> with the punishment as her parent", and they say, no we're going to keep >>> it, >>> I'm not leaving the office till that phone is in my hands. >> >> I agree with you on that one. Even if the rule is that they aren't giving >> it >> back to ANYONE, that's a pretty stupid rule and any administrator should >> instantly recognize that. >> >> I mean, if the parent cares enough to come to the school and meet with the >> educators etc, it's obvious they are engaged and active parents. >> >> Dana's original complaint is completely valid...but as usual, we've spun >> this discussion into something else...which is probably my fault :) >> >> -- >> My word's but a whisper >> Your deafness, a shout >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254853 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
