PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court must decide whether a Pennsylvania middle school can suspend a student who, at home on her own time, created a lewd Web page aimed at her principal.
The MySpace page, which used a fake name but an actual photo of the principal, was purported to have been posted by a 40-year-old Alabama school principal who described himself through a string of sexual vulgarities.
The case, argued in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, raises broad issues about the limits of school discipline for off-campus behavior.
The American Civil Liberties Union argues that students enjoy free-speech rights off-campus that protect such parodies, however vulgar.
by the associated press
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