Tim Doolin Accepts Teacher of the Year Award
Teacher of the year, all American Wrestlers and an update on the Smart Start program were all topics on the May 4 Meeting of the District 2 School Board
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th grade English teacher at Sheridan Jr. High, was named the district Teacher of the Year. Rebbecca Adsit Sheridan Jr. High Principal, introduced Doolin, and had this to say about him as a teacher.
Gena Hirschman of Meadowlark was named staff member of the year.
Stephanie Zukowski presented some senior members of the High School Musical cast, and there were many compliments received on the performance of the show.
Can schools discipline for off-campus student speech? Court to take up First Amendment case. John Fritze, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – It may not be the loftiest dispute the Supreme Court has ever heard, but the suit from a high school cheerleader who lashed out after being cut from the team may be one of the most relatable for anyone who s ever had a bad day.
And the case of Brandi Levy, who at 14 years old let off some steam in a profanity-laden social media post in 2017 aimed at her school, her team and everything, may wind up as one of the court s most important decisions on student speech in a generation.
The story starts when Levy, a rising sophomore at the Mahanoy Area School District in Pennsylvania, failed to make the varsity cheer squad. She took to Snapchat, exhorting her followers on the social media site to F–––– school f–––– softball f–––– cheer f–––– everything. In case the message wasn t clear, she included a picture of her and a friend – both of whom were off-campus at the time – raising their middle fingers.
Snapchat messages disappear on their own – the posts are meant to be temporary – but another student captured Levy s message with a screen grab and showed it to the team s coaches. Levy was booted from the junior varsity squad and, after appealing to school authorities, her parents sued the district in federal court.
Highland Park residents recently opened their mailboxes to find flyers slamming a school board candidate because he put a Black Lives Matter sign in his yard.
Ahead of the May 1 municipal elections, some North Texas school board races have taken on a tenor infused with huge amounts of cash, political divisiveness and dog whistles evoking national wedge issues.
For more than a year, trustees have been at the center of some of the country’s most heated debates: People have packed into meetings to decry mask mandates or to demand they remain in place. They’ve come to say schools should be reopened to 100% capacity or that they must be closed completely to prevent the spread of COVID-19. They’ve testified that teachers should never talk about Black Lives Matter or that districts must be more active in dismantling systemic racism.