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Shirtless boys cut from yearbook pages

Four pages from the 2009 edition of the Chatooga High School yearbook were literally cut out of each book before 

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“Service” dog includes calming child in class

Under an Illinois law, “service” animals such as a seeing-eye dog are allowed in schools. However, two school districts in 

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Utah gets a bad rap at McDonald’s

Four teenagers in American Fork, Utah, will think twice before rapping in public again. In October, 2009, they went to 

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Racist symbols at school result in expulsions

The truck-load of sod at Sinclair Elementary School in Virginia was to be used around the school’s new curbs and 

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Tattoo ads pulled from student newspaper

The Wolf’s Howl is the student newspaper at Timberland High School in Wentzville, Missouri. In October, 2009, the principal removed 

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Mom lists 9-year-old on “Casual Encounters”

Hard to believe, but this Long Island mother sought revenge on her daughter’s 4th-grade classmate. The girls got into a 

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School discipline for off-campus writing not new

More than 100 years ago, a state court addressed the issue of student discipline for off-campus behavior. In 1906, sisters Hazel 

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Cyberbullying victim wins suit against school district

Four varsity athletes at Corona del Mar High School in California posted violent messages against a female classmate.  In the 

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Louisiana judge denies marriage license to interracial couple

Almost forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting blacks and whites from marrying was unconstitutional, a lower 

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Can public school libraries ban certain books?

The American Library Association publishes each year the “Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books.” For several years “The Perks of 

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