school social event problem,sitin,walkout

[meltingplastic8]

What is the name of your state? NJ

Last week during a sophmore social some kids broke some dinnerware. The school has told us do to that and another incident we will no longer be having our junior prom in january. We might be planning a walk out or sit down next year if this holds true. Before that happens our tv media class is doing to film a debate with school administrators, teachers and students. I need to find some legal cases on student walk outs and sit ins, what the outcome was. and also anything involving a school stopping a social event from happening and if anyone took any action legal or not to change there decision. Thank You

 

[stealth2]

If you and your classmates are unable to behave like human beings at a social event, what makes you think that the school is obligated to fund another for you?

Be glad you're not my kid - you wouldn't be sitting anywhere if you behaved poorly.

 

[Silverplum]

What is the name of your state? NJ

Last week during a sophmore social some kids broke some dinnerware. The school has told us do to that and another incident we will no longer be having our junior prom in january. We might be planning a walk out or sit down next year if this holds true. Before that happens our tv media class is doing to film a debate with school administrators, teachers and students. I need to find some legal cases on student walk outs and sit ins, what the outcome was. and also anything involving a school stopping a social event from happening and if anyone took any action legal or not to change there decision. Thank You

Word to everything Stealth wrote, plus:

You are in high school and have no idea of the difference in spelling and/or usage of "due" and "do" and "there" and "their?" You cannot perform your own research? You have bigger problems than figuring out how to stage the coolest sit-in ever, dude. Get over yourself and hit the books.

 

[ENASNI]

As my Guru Fonzie would say... Exactamundo!

 

[cbg]

You do not have a legal right to any kind of school sponsored social event. If you were my kid and you'd been involved in that kind of prank you wouldn't be attending any social events even if they *were* held.

 

[meltingplastic8]

just an fyi i was not involved, our tv/media class is doing a debate with administration. Myself and alot of other students are upset about this. we should not be punished for what 4 other kids did. If your neighbor shot someone just because you lived next door would you get charged with murder, i think not. and i was not coming here looking for parental advice. I was looking for legal advice and if none of you offer that then thats fine you dont have to be scarastic about it and be rude

 

[stealth2]

You yourself said that there has been another incident. The school is well within it's rights to decide that your class is not mature enough as a whole to receive the privilege of a school-sponsored social activity. Y'all know about peer pressure - exert some on the hooligans amongst you.

 

[cbg]

I said IF you'd been involved.

Sometimes the innocent have to suffer for the acts of the guilty. That's life and you may as well learn it now as later. Sooner or later everyone has to sit still for something unfair and you aren't going to be exempt.

Stealth is giving you good advice. If you want the school to continue to allow you these social events, you need to show you deserve them and a sit in or a walk out is not going to evidence maturity. Put pressure on the kids who misbehaved and MAYBE they'll take that as evidence that you're all AS A WHOLE - I'm not singling you out - capable of behaving.

 

[Silverplum]

just an fyi i was not involved, our tv/media class is doing a debate with administration. Myself and alot of other students are upset about this. we should not be punished for what 4 other kids did. If your neighbor shot someone just because you lived next door would you get charged with murder, i think not. and i was not coming here looking for parental advice. I was looking for legal advice and if none of you offer that then thats fine you dont have to be scarastic about it and be rude

*I* was giving you EDUCATIONAL advice, doofus. You can't spell, you can't construct a sentence....my advice stands. You don't need a tv/media class; you need an English class.

 

[notsmartmark]

The best I could find is that the school can decide the activities it offers. They can count students who walkout at truant or unexcused for the time that they are out. It is too bad your not talking about a bigger life issue, but you can find info about walkouts at ACLU and Michael Moore’s websites.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

http://www.fsm-a.org/