Cheerleader’s First Amendment Snapchat Case Headed for SCOTUS
28 Dec 2020
It’s been years since a teen in Pennsylvania took to Snapchat to express her frustration in vulgar terms of not making the varsity cheerleading team. After a screenshot of the post led to her suspension from the squad for one year and a successful suit by the student only identified as B.L., four years later the case is heading to the United States Supreme Court.
“F ck school, f ck softball, f ck cheer, fuck everything,” she wrote, with a photo of herself giving the middle finger.
After her parents, Lawrence and Betty Lou Levy sued the school district for the suspension the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the action violated B.L.’s First Amendment rights by trying to regulate her speech while off-campus.
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Feb. 4
A ruling has come down on the owners of a local dairy that closed abruptly in October and is accused of milking investors out of nearly $60 million. The Banking and Securities Commission has rendered Trickling Springs Creamery LLC Philip Elvin Riehl, Gerald A. Byers, Elvin M. Martin and Dale L. Martin permanently banned from the securities business and ordered to pay an administrative assessment in the amount of $4,375,000.
Feb. 6
At Monday s Greencastle Borough Council meeting, Police Chief John Phillippy cautioned local residents about letting people into their homes in light of a Jan. 23 burglary on South Allison Street in which two men went to the door of an elderly couple around 5 p.m. and said they were there concerning problems with water lines.
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LEWISTOWN The best way to get students back in the classroom is for the community to follow guidelines put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mifflin County School District’s Board of Directors agreed during its meeting Thursday night.
Board member Frederick Nickel raised concerns regarding rising failure rates as some students are dealing with truancy issues.
Administration announced recently that truancy was a growing problem this year as students do their school work remotely.
Frederick cited an article from the Pennsylvania School Boards Association that he said indicates schools aren’t “super spreaders” of COVID-19.
New Kensington-Arnold School District will spend up to $13,000 to find a new superintendent.
The school board voted unanimously Tuesday to hire the Pennsylvania School Boards Association to conduct the search. The district will pay the association $5,000, plus up to $8,000 for additional costs.
“Our longstanding relationship with school boards statewide and our network that not only reaches all corners of the state, but also outside of Pennsylvania, positions us to be able to offer up the broadest, relevant candidate pool for consideration,” PSBA spokeswoman Annette Stevenson said.
In considering how to find a new superintendent, the board heard presentations last month from the PSBA as well as Ray and Associates, an Iowa-based firm specializing in school executive leadership services.