http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...00010000000001
I say of the day, because I'm sure tomorrow there will be more crap.
OK obviously there are some questions I would have to have answered before I could provide a full analysis. But based on this article alone.....it seems to me that the mother is suing under a theory that the school has to include her son's photo in the yearbook.
For what it's worth, I agree that the picture is harmless, and it seems like a rather silly policy on the part of the school.
That said.....the yearbook is (presumably) and official publication of the school. Therefore, they are free to choose what they do or do not want to include it. No one's first amendment rights are being violated because schools are not held to the same standards. I've seen cases where some 8th grader whines because the student newspaper wouldn't publish her article. While I applaud her civil disobedience, the fact is, schools have (and should have) discretion over what they want to include in their media.
Same thing here. Ridiculous or not, it's their decision. And how this mother has been wronged, I have no idea.
Again, there are unmentioned issues that would have to be addressed, so everything I say comes with an asterisk. But how the public doesn't understand the discretion of schools, I have no idea.
