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Students Suspended, Expelled Over Facebook Posts
An anonymous reader writes "Two students have been suspended, and one student has been expelled, over negative Facebook postings they made about a teacher. The individuals are in seventh grade at Chapel Hill Middle School, meaning they are either 12 or 13 years old, according. The children are accused of violating a portion of the school code that is a "level one" offense, the worst possible: 'Falsifying, misrepresenting, omitting, or erroneously reporting' allegations of inappropriate behavior by a school employee toward a student."
What the hell business does the school have exercising jurisdiction over a facebook posting anyway?
Did the student use a school computer to make the post?
How does the school district even have jurisdiction in this case?
Was the offending facebook post made from a school computer? During school hours?
It might be libel, but unless the school actually has jurisdiction this suspension and expulsion is a load of crap.
We've made administrators lords of their little fiefdoms and all rights away because they are watching after kids and somehow children are sub-human. I don't see anyone would be surprised by any of the administrators behavor in this. The kids did something wrong here but we'll never know to what extent because the administrator made sure of it...