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    "I don't understand why the district won't just drop this," says sophomore, "i have never been suspended" "stacy has a solid case. It is in the best interest of the school district to allow her a religious exemption from the dress code," ACLU lawyer says. "My daughter wants to go to class, but she also doesn't want her First Amendment rights trampled"

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    "I don't understand why the district won't just drop this," says sophomore, "i have never been suspended" "stacy has a solid case. It is in the best interest of the school district to allow her a religious exemption from the dress code," ACLU lawyer says. "My daughter wants to go to class, but she also doesn't want her First Amendment rights trampled"

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    JohnRomanow

    Journalism
    9/16/15

    FirstAmendmentviolation?Orstudentrefusingtofollow
    simplerules?

    SophomoreStacyCarolwillbeattendingadisciplinaryhearingonApril10becauseshe
    refusestoremoveherjewelry.
    ThedisciplinaryhearingisbeingheldbecauseStacycontinuestoreturntoschoolafter
    beinginInSchoolsuspensionfor9daystheschoolhopestomovehertoalternativeschool
    untilsheremovesthejewelry.

    Idont

    understandwhythedistrictwontjustdropthis.Ihaveneverbeensuspended.Said
    sophomoreStacyCarol.Infact,Ihaveneverhadareferral.IamastraightAstudent.Ijust
    wanttogetbacktoclass..
    TheACLUisgoingtodefendStacyatherdisciplinaryhearing.Theyalsosaidthatifshe
    losttheywouldpursuetheissueincourt.
    Stacyhasasolidcase.Itisinthebestinterestoftheschooldistricttoallowhera
    religiousexemptionfromthedresscode.SaidACLUlawyerSoniaStephens.
    Theschooldistrictgotopinionsfromstudents,faculty,andcommunitymembersto
    createthedresscode.
    Together,wedesignedaplanthatwasappropriateforourdistrict.Saidsuperintendent
    ParkerGordon.Facialjewelrydidnotmakethecut.
    Stacysmotherdoesntlikeherdaughterbeingprohibitedtogotoclass,however,she
    fullysupportsStacyfightingforherFirstAmendment.
    Mydaughterwantstogotoclass,butshealsodoesntwantherFirstAmendment
    rightstrampled.SaidLarienaCarolmomofStacyCarol.

    StacyisusingFirstAmendmentviolationashermainargumentatthedisciplinary
    hearingonApril10.However,theopposingsideisarguingthattheChurchofBody
    Modificationsisnotatruereligion.
    PeoplecryFirstAmendmentviolationsallthetime.SaidconstitutionallawyerJett
    Ramirez.Freedomofreligionisabigone.Justbecauseafewpeoplegettogetherandcall
    themselvesachurchdoesntmeantheyareachurchintheeyesofthelaw.

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