Week_4_Activities

Required Readings
Read the following chapters and related cases to prepare for this week's whole group and team activities. The Amish Exception and Compulsory Education WISCONSIN v. YODER || pp. 766-772 || pp. 833-839 || Student Records OWASSO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. I-011 v. FALVO || pp. 789-794 || pp. 856-861 || Procedural Due Process for Short-Term Suspensions GOSS v. LOPEZ || pp. 902-908 || pp. 982-988 || Constitutionality of Student Searches NEW JERSEY v. T.L.O || pp. 909-913 || pp. 988-993 || Drug Testing of Student-Athletes BOARD OF EDUCATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOL DISTRICT NO. 92 OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY v. EARLS || pp. 913-920 || pp. 993-999 || Student Rights to Political Free Speech in Schools, I TINKER v. DES MONES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT || pp. 920-924 || pp. 1000-1003 || Board Power to Discipline a Student for Vulgar Speech BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 403 v. FRASER || pp. 927-932 || pp. 1006-1011 || Power of School Officials to Regulate the Content of a Newspaper Produced by Journalism Class HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT v. KUHLMEIER || pp. 932-938 || pp.1011-1017 || Peer-to-Peer Sexual Harassment DAVIS V. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION || pp. 951-961 || pp.1037-1048 ||
 * **Reutter's Law of Public Education** || **6th Edition** || **7th Edition** ||
 * **Chapter 12:** Compulsory Attendance, Curriculum and Instructional Issues || pp. 718-766 || pp. 774-833 ||
 * Case No. 90**
 * Case No. 90**
 * **Case** **No. 95**
 * **Chapter 13:** Student Rights || pp. 839-889 || pp. 902-969 ||
 * **Case No. 107**
 * **Case No. 108**
 * **Case No. 109**
 * **Case No. 110**
 * **Case No. 112**
 * **Case No. 113**
 * Case No. 116** (6th edition); **Case No. 117** (7th edition)
 * Case No. 116** (6th edition); **Case No. 117** (7th edition)

Review the Parry’s Guide to Cyberbullying website. Read two very different opinions and outcomes rendered on student expression:
 * Additional Reading**
 * @http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/084138p.pdf
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Student Speech and Expression (Whole Group)
Through a whole group discussion, you will talk about the legal issues surrounding student speech and expression. You will build upon your learning and engage in a concurrent discussion about an important technology issue related to student expression, cyber-bullying. 1. Post a response to the questions below in the **Week 4: Student Speech and Expression** whole group discussion forum as a reply to the //Student Expression// thread.


 * Student Expression:**

2. Post a response to the prompt below in the **Week 4: Student Speech and Expression** whole group discussion forum as a reply to the //Cyberbullying// thread.
 * //What are the limitations that a school can impose on students' constitutional rights of free expression or free speech?//
 * //Is free speech treated differently in school-sponsored publications versus independent student publications, including both print and web media?//
 * //Why should it matter whether the expression is connected to a school-sponsored publication?//
 * //Should off-campus "speech" be the subject of discipline if students post an offensive website or page?//


 * Cyberbullying:**


 * You are a high school principal. Late one Sunday evening you received a distressing phone call from your school’s guidance counselor. A sophomore who had been on the receiving end of some rude and malicious emails and instant messages from other students at your school has been taken to the hospital in a suspected suicide attempt. Your guidance counselor informs you that the student had spoken to her about the cyberbullying, but the guidance counselor didn’t want to make the problem worse by complaining to the administration. The sophomore’s parents are upset and want to know why the school didn’t take action to stop the cyberbullying. ||

3. Actively participate in this discussion throughout the week, and contribute at least **two** additional postings to **each** topic (totaling a minimum of four additional postings).
 * //As principal, what is your responsibility for something that is taking place mainly outside of school and on the Internet?//
 * //Based on your understanding of cyberbullying, what potential legal issues could impact your school district?//
 * //Based on the case study, what steps should you take the deal with students who are involved in the cyberbullying? What legal responsibility does the school have to the student and her family?//
 * //How do the laws related to student expression apply to cyberbullying?//


 * Team Judicial Review (Team/Whole Group)**

In this activity, each team will review and respond to a case study on a student issue, and present the case findings to the whole group. >
 * Introduction**
 * 1) Review the **Student Issues Case Studies**.
 * 2) This week's team facilitator should create a new thread titled, Week 4: Judicial Review. The facilitator can decide how to best discuss and organize the work on the case.
 * 3) Discuss the legal issues involved in the case assigned to your team.Together, reach consensus and develop a response to your case study to share with the rest of the class. Your team response should include:
 * Your team’s response to the questions that accompany the case study, with supporting evidence from the readings.
 * Questions you still have about the case study.
 * Additional comments, as appropriate, including challenges your team faced responding to the case study.
 * 1) By midnight, Saturday, the Reporter should post the team’s responses as a new, clearly labeled thread in the **Week 4: Team Judicial Review Presentations** discussion forum. If you used a non-ELC tool such as Google Doc, please be sure to provide a public link.
 * 2) By the end of the week, review the summaries posted by the other teams. Post a response to each team's summary, by providing feedback to teams, asking questions, or responding to questions posed by the instructor.

An Explosive Situation - Team A Case Study As a result of a bomb threat at Alpha Elementary School, the students were evacuated and taken to nearby Beta Elementary School. Later that day, Ms. Ludmilla, a sixth grade teacher at Beta, noticed several of her students laughing and looking at something under a desk. She then saw a student named George slip something into his pocket. Ms. Ludmilla walked up to him, put her hand in his pocket, and pulled out a piece of paper, which read: “Let everyone out of your school, or KABOOM I will blow the school sky high!” Ms. Ludmilla immediately told George he should go home and that he was suspended indefinitely.
 * Did George do anything wrong?
 * Did Ms. Ludmilla do anything wrong?
 * Can the school take disciplinary action against George?
 * What process should have been followed?


 * Superintendent’s Memorandum** (Individual)


 * Second Legal Summary Due**

Last week, you submitted a summary of your first case related to the legal issue you selected at the beginning of the course. This week, you will complete and submit a second summary of a different case related to your selected issue. Next week, you will draft your superintendent's memorandum.
 * 1) Review the **Superintendent’s Memorandum Assignment Directions and Scoring Tool**, and the **How to Write a Legal Summary** document. Be sure that you have followed all guidelines for writing a legal summary, and all components are included based on the scoring guidelines.
 * 2) Submit Legal Summary #2 to the Gradebook by the end of the week.

Team Effectiveness (Team)
= = This week's Facilitator should create a new thread in the team forum, titled, **Week 4: Team Effectiveness**. Use your team's forum (or relevant non-ELC tool) to discuss with your team, your overall effectiveness as a high performing team. Refer to the resource on the right, and consider: This week's Reporter should summarize the team's discussion about your overall effectiveness and post a summary in the **Week 4 thread.** So that your instructor can easily locate your summary, please rename the subject to "Final Summary."
 * //Is your team able to work effectively and efficiently to develop response to the weekly judicial reviews?//
 * //Are there any areas where your team needs additional support?//
 * //If you meet synchronously on a regular basis, how is this working out for all members of the team?//

Mid-Course Instructor Survey (Individual)
Please take a few moments to complete the mid-course Instructor Survey . Your feedback will remain completely anonymous. //Please note, some students in the past have asked why names are required if the survey is anonymous. We track survey completion by student name, however, instructors only have access to qualitative and quantiative feedback. Student names are not made available to instructors//


 * Week 4: Tuesday, June 1 - Monday, June 7, 2010**

//Items are due by midnight, Eastern Standard Time on the date specified.//

|| June 4 Final postings by Monday
 * [[image:/olms/data/component/7687/tick2.gif width="14" height="13"]] || **Activity** || **Date**
 * || **Student Speech and Expression** (//Whole Group//)* Post an initial response to the Student Speech and Expression. thread in the **Week 4: Student Speech and Expression whole group discussion.**
 * Post an initial response to the Cyberbullying thread in the **Week 4: Student Speech and Expression whole group discussion.**
 * Participate in the whole group discussion with a minimum of two substantive postings to each discussion thread (total of four postings). || First postings by Friday

June 7 ||
 * || **Team Judicial Review** //(Team/Whole Group)//* Work with your team to develop a group summary of the case study.
 * Reporter posts team's summary to the **Week 4: Team Judicial Review Presentations whole group forum**.
 * Individually, post a response to each team's summary. || Team presentation posted Saturday June 5

Final individual posting by Monday

June7 || June 7 || Monday June 7 || Monday June 7 ||
 * || **Superintendent’s Memorandum** //(Individual)//* Complete and submit the second legal summary to the Gradebook. || Second Legal Summary posted by Monday
 * || **Team Effectiveness** //(Team)//* Discuss with your team your overall effectiveness in completing weekly judicial reviews.
 * Reporter posts summary of team's discussion. ||
 * || **Mid-Course Instructor Survey** //(Individual)//* Contribute the online mid-course instructor survey. ||


 * Congratulations on completing Week 4 of School Law!**