Phil Howard, superintendent of the Jackson City Schools, said [Friday] that the portrait was moved this week at the request of the Hi-Y club, which put it up in 1947 in a building that is now the middle school.
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“We have to respect the rights of the club,” Howard said. “Failure to do so might open the district to even another lawsuit — this time by the [Hi-Y] club” — or violate the U.S Constitution by “turning the portrait into government speech.”
Officials have maintained that taking the portrait down would censor students’ private speech.
“It belongs to the club,” Howard said. “It’s student speech, not government speech.”
We find this ridiculous. What do you think?
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“We have to respect the rights of the club,” Howard said. “Failure to do so might open the district to even another lawsuit — this time by the [Hi-Y] club” — or violate the U.S Constitution by “turning the portrait into government speech.”
Officials have maintained that taking the portrait down would censor students’ private speech.
“It belongs to the club,” Howard said. “It’s student speech, not government speech.”
We find this ridiculous. What do you think?
Click here to check out the full article.