Lots of high schools have the students sign something like an honor code before they're allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities.
In Yarmouth Maine a family is questioning the constitutionality of the HS honor. A 16 year old lacrosse player was suspended from her sport for 3 weeks after the school was notified of a picture of the girl on Facebook holding a beer. My kids went to Yarmouth High and signed this document...I think I had to sign it too...or maybe I signed that I read it. It's very strict and very specific.
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I find it a bit too convenient that this family didn't choose to question the constitutional right of their budding lacrosse player until after she was found to break the contract.
What do you all think?
Do HS students get constitutional rights?
Is a facebook photo of the girl holding a beer sufficient grounds to declare that she reneged on her end of the deal?
Are HS's over-stepping their bounds when they attempt to police the actions of their students outside of school or school activities?
As a parent, would you be sticking up for your rights to parent your child as you see fit when the child is not at school or a school event?
I'm of the mind that playing a sport is a privilege for HS students, and see nothing wrong with the school limiting the privilege to law-abiding kids.