[Alabama_Wild_Man]

"...Tinker has never been directly overruled..."

You are correct!!

The Tinker case stated, if memory serves, that "Students do NOT shed their RightS at the Schoolhouse Gate."

[concerned about politics]

It would be great to get this schools e-mail adress.
I like this. The students are starting to stand up to the socialists ideals.
This is a great sign of the times!!!

[general_re]

That is indeed what Tinker says. But, since then, the rights have been qualified somewhat - students' rights are far from absolute, and one interpretation of the Hazelwood decision is that the Court decided that maybe Tinker had gone a bit too far. So, they took the opportunity and scaled it back a bit, ostensibly in order to preserve educational officials' ability to promote an environment facilitating education, and allowing them to pursue education of all students as their primary mission. And thus, as a result, where free speech interfered with that educational mission, it might have to give way a little bit.

The end result is that, between Bethel and Hazelwood, Tinker is still alive, but it's had its wings clipped a little bit ;)