Adam Klasfield reports on yet another lawsuit based on a school attempting to punish students for what they do outside of school and on their own time: A high school girl was suspended from extra-curricular activities for two years based on a bogus “good conduct policy” implemented after the superintendent found a photograph of her…
Category: Youth & Schools
Father demands $7.5 Million because school officials read daughter’s text message
Duarte Geraldino reports on a case in Irving, Texas where a family is suing the school district for searching their teenage daughter’s cell phone for text messages. The incident occurred when school officials: got wind of a potentially threatening situation at the school involving a gun and keyed cars. They believed Madelyn was somehow involved…
Second suit over Lower Merion webcam snooping
Derrick Nunnally reports: The letter from Lower Merion school administrators delivered the news three weeks ago – her son had been secretly monitored by the webcam on his school-issued laptop. But only when Fatima Hasan saw the evidence did the scope of the spying on her son Jalil become apparent. There were more than 1,000…
UK: Children ‘should be allowed trial anonymity appeal right’
PA Media Lawyer writes: Children and young people who appear in Crown Court trials should have a statutory right to appeal against a judge’s decision to allow their identification, the Law Commission has recommended. The proposal would mirror the right given to any “aggrieved person” – including the media – to appeal against a reporting…