I hope the school district loses. The girl wished to be silent for the day and part of the Freedom of Speech is the freedom NOT to speak.
The Constitution does not end at the schoolhouse door and it’s high time the educrats learned this.
How far does it go? What if ALL of the students decided not to speak for a day? For a month? For a semester? What if some of their grades were determined by class participation and/or oral exams? What if a school has a published behavior code, which includes a requirement to respectfully reply when spoken to?
So if I get a group of students together and we find some cause, I’ve got the right to go to school and not answer questions from the teacher or anybody else in authority...am I right? Then of course every other student or group of students has the right to be silent if they find some cause to back. Am I correct?