Redneck Attire Allowed In Schools
Back in mid-2001, I mentioned an article about a kid in New Jersey that was suspended for 3 days for wearing a 'You Might Be A Redneck If...' t-shirt. The kid subsequently sued the school district (and won), and the appeal by the district to the Supreme Court was just turned down for consideration on Monday. That lets stand the Appeals Court ruling:
An appeals court held that the word "redneck" was not used to intimidate and harass other students, and that the school in New Jersey overstepped its bounds in punishing Thomas Sypniewski Jr. (search) The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals questioned whether schools would next try to stop the use of other words like hillbilly.
Maybe getting slapped around in the courts is just what school administrators need to jolt them out of their idiocy.
An appeals court held that the word "redneck" was not used to intimidate and harass other students, and that the school in New Jersey overstepped its bounds in punishing Thomas Sypniewski Jr. (search) The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals questioned whether schools would next try to stop the use of other words like hillbilly.
Maybe getting slapped around in the courts is just what school administrators need to jolt them out of their idiocy.
# | May 20, 2003