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Florida high school bans rainbow T-shirts, belts and stickers
Heather Gillman is a junior at Ponce de Leon High School in Florida. Her cousin attends the same school and was suspended for five days for supporting gay rights. Heather wore a rainbow belt and handmade shirt that said "I ...
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ATJ Newsletter is Out!!
The first ATJ.info Newsletter is available for your review. Go to any page on this site and sign up for this free mailing. It will be sent to you every 4 months with updates on ...
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Photos of teacher in classroom bring suspension.
In November, 2007, 10th grader Logan Glover used his digital camera in his Language Arts class to take pictures of his teacher. At home he posted the pictures to his FaceBook profile. There were no ...
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Tolerance wins out over censorship.
In September, 2007, Heather Farnham, a 16-year-old student at Spencer-Van Etten High School in New York, was sent home for wearing a T-shirt that read "gay? fine by me." The principal thought the message would cause ...
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Teen DUI show airs on National Public Radio
On December 13, 2007 a team of Arizona high school students wrote and produced a radio segment about teen drinking and driving. Teenage Drinking and Driving was aired on the Phoenix NPR station and featured a state ...
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Can school officials take your cell-phone and read your text messages?
A growing concern of students regards their privacy, if any, in text messages while at school. In May, 2007 a security officer at Monarch High School in Colorado saw a 16-year-old sophomore smoking in the ...
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Can you wear a “Jena Six” T-shirt to school?
Danielle Super came to school late last month after attending a march. She was wearing a "Free the Jena Six" T-shirt. While her mom signed her in, the Smyrna High School [Tennessee] assistant principal told Danielle ...
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Was 19-yr-old Star Simpson’s sweatshirt “art” or a fake bomb?
You might call this 'Extreme Tinker' [no pun intended]. Star was arrested on 9/21/07 at a Boston airport wearing a computer circuit board, battery and wiring on her sweatshirt. She is an electronics student at MIT attending Career Day ...
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Text Messaging While Driving - a $400.00 Ticket!!
That's right. A new law was passed this week in Phoenix, Arizona outlawing Text Messaging While Driving [TWD]. A total fine of over $400.00 may be ordered for anyone caught breaking the law. California and Washington have ...
