Posted on 03/23/2007 10:30:42 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- One Bloomfield Hills school is enforcing a new policy that will end the use of a popular Web site on the premises.
St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School students were informed recently that under a new school policy, Think First, Stay Safe, the use of MySpace.com will be prohibited at school and at home.
The policy states that students enrolled in the school can't have a MySpace.com account or any similar type of personal site, according to a news release.
(Excerpt) Read more at clickondetroit.com ...
Idiots.
MySpace is a bad place for kids, but frankly any kid who decides to fight this in court will win.
And here comes the ACLU! (bleech!)
Anonymity baby, Anonymity.
Can you say UN-Constitutional. Typical liberal-think. Will be thrown out as soon as it hits the courts.
On what grounds would a student or parent have to file a lawsuit? It's a private school.
Dumb move on the school's part -- trying to impose rules on students' home life.
I'll tell you what - let's make a deal. I won't fix teeth, and you won't give bad legal advice.
Seeing as this is a private high-school (“St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School”), they can pretty much make whatever rules they want regarding student activity.
After all, no one is required to attend ...
Can you say UN-Constitutional. Typical liberal-think. Will be thrown out as soon as it hits the courts.
Probably not. It's just a condition of continued enrollment for a private school.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
my son and daughter are both in private Catholic high schools with the same prohibition. i fully support it.
Under what article or amendment? Let's start with the first part of the first amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
I think myspace.com has gotten out of hand, but this decision is not a school's responsibility.
New Jersey schools are also taking over behavior 24/7, including summers:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1804820/posts
Flap Over Jersey Schools Regulating Student Behavior 24-7
Notice post 17:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1804820/posts?page=17#17
The new national guidelines have changed the role of parents to STAKEHOLDERS of their children.
Agreed
First Amendment, PAR35. "Freedom of Speech".
There is a poll at the site, http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/11331017/detail.html
Let the Freeping commence !!!
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