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The school board cancelled a middle school drama class's spring play one week before the performance due to complaints from a parent about the play's appropriateness for middle school students. The students and their parents believed that the students had the right to freedom of expression in performing the play, while the school board believed that they had the right to approve decisions about what is presented in school by teachers or students.
This case, like Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, addresses the issue of student expression and the role of school officials in censorship.
The type of expression protected by the First Amendment in this case is freedom of speech.
The school board claimed they had the jurisdiction to approve decisions about what is presented in school by teachers or students, and that they had the right to cancel the play because they felt it was improper for middle school kids.
The students thought they had the freedom of expression to perform the play, thus they thought they had the right to do so.
The pupils' school play should be performed, in my opinion. These are the justifications for my choice.
The First Amendment protects the students' right to freedom of expression, which is the first justification. This includes the freedom to use the performing arts, such as a school play, to express oneself.
Reason #2: The students didn't have enough time to organize a substitute performance before the school board decided to cancel the play. The students who spent time and effort practicing for the original show are being treated unfairly by this.
The Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier case established that school officials have the right to limit student speech during school-sponsored events, but only if the censorship is logically connected to valid pedagogical concerns. This brings us to Reason #3. Due to a single parent's objection, the school board decided to cancel the play in this instance.