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    One of the most well-known Supreme Cases involving student rights was the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District decision of 1969. The verdict quickly became a precedent for many other decisions involving school issues and is very relevant today. In December of 1965, students attending Des Moines Public Schools held a meeting at Christopher Eckhardt 's house to conduct a plan to show their support for a truce in the ongoing Vietnam War. They resolved to wear black armbands during the holiday

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    Immigration, the main topic everyone in school exceeds of talking about after the walkouts we had during school. It started with it being an obligation for those who thought they could make an impact by uniting all of the Arlington Independent High Schools and protest about their rights. Due to many misjudgements towards the undocumented, known as the immigrants, with certain actions that either identifies them as thieves, rapists, and/or drug dealers. It is important to start acknowledging the things

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    In 1995, there was a dispute between the Santa Fe Independent School District, and the families of the students who went there. Two different religious families filed a lawsuit against the Santa Fe Independent school district because religious prayers were being said over the public address system by the student council chaplain. The Santa Fe’s Independent School District violated the Lemon test law by allowing student-led prayers to be recited on the public address system, which was not furthering

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    exercises of free speech and expression are constitutional or unconstitutional. One of the most paramount 1st amendment cases is that of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969). This significant case helped shape the extension of symbolic speech, as well as ensure the freedom of speech and expression to students in schools. In December 1965, a group of Iowa residents, both adults and children, gathered to discuss ways in which they could protest American involvement in the

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    Irving Independent School District v. Tatro The second law case, 468 U.S. 883, was documented in the Supreme Court of United States on July 5th, 1984. The case lectured about Amber Tatro, an 8-year-old girl from Texas who was diagnosed with Spina Bifida, and discussed whether the school should provide catheterization service to her during class hours. This was the first case for the Court to define the distinction between “School Health Services” and “Medical Services”. Amber Tatro was born with

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    agree with the District or the Supreme Court to illustrate whether school prayers are allowed in school join one on the background, ruling and impact of the Sana FE. Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000) case. It is essential to consider the background of this case to understand better the ruling and impact. After a Texas School District allowed a student to lead a prayer before a football game several parents sued the school district. The parents and certain students felt that their first

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    rights to the people in Amendment IX, and defining the balance of the government, state, and individual in Amendment X. (Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969) In December 1965, students from Des Moines, Iowa met about a silent armband protest to support peace in the Vietnam War. The principal of the Des Moines public school

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    ruled that parents have rights of their own independent of those of their children” (Osbourne & Russo, p. 96). In this paper it will analyze the court case of Buser v. Corpus Christi Independent School District, 1995; the parties involved, issues brought to court, disagreements, how and when the case was adjudicated, final outcomes, and disagree or agree with the case. Buser v. Corpus Christi Independent School District

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    and services are available in many school and are fast growing. In a high school, a principal named Debbie Young has been presented with a situation with the parents of a special education student. Mrs. Young has been a special education teacher and assistant principal in a progressive and affluent school district in the South. Mrs. Young was approached by the parents of Jonathan a severely disabled tenth grader whose parents want him to attend one of the schools in the district. He is profoundly

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    Prevention Program to address cyberbullying in San Antonio Independent High Schools, we must first identify the key stakeholders who will support this intervention. Many levels of support are needed to conduct this program including administrators, an Olweus Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee (BPCC), teaching staff, non-teaching staff (such as bus drivers, cafeteria workers, janitors, nurses, secretaries, librarians, and school counselors), parents, law enforcement

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