Reply #3: The ACLU is fighting for something that many parents are already fighting for. [View All]

[Xithras]

Many school districts nowadays seem to forget that their authority is limited to school hours, and travel to and from campus. As the parent of a teen, only I and law enforcement have a right to punish my kid for what she does on weekends and during the summer.

I actually had a run-in with one of these idiots last year. My daughters high school prohibits students from using the park alongside the school before or after school. I went to pick her up one day and found the parking areas around the school were full, so I parked on the backside of the park and walked over to let her know where I was parked. As we were walking back to my car together, some campus security goon walked up and got in her face, right in front of me, and started berating her for breaking school rules and demanding that she go back with him to be processed for suspension the next day. He didn't care that she was with a parent. Neither did the principal, and they later not only attempted to suspend her for one day, but wanted to tack on five additional days on for failing to comply with the orders of a campus security officer.

Luckily for her, I had a lawyer on retainer at the time for business purposes, and she offered to write a letter to the school when I called her up to ask about the legalities of the school punishing her for activities outside of school hours, while attended by a parent. The school backpedaled so quickly once they got that letter that it was almost comical. Almost. I can't help but wonder how many kids get bullied this way who come from families that don't have the legal resources to fight it.