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		<title>OUCH!  IS YOUR PAIN &#8220;EXTREME&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2010/03/ouch-is-your-pain-extreme/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A student in Arizona kicked his principal in the knee, but not hard enough to cause &#8220;extreme physical pain.&#8221; Why did that matter?  Because in order to justify placing the student in an IAES (Interim Alternative Educational Setting) for 45 days, the school had to show that the principal suffered &#8220;extreme physical pain.&#8221;  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NO MORE ARDS FOR ME!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wonder if Jerry Hollingsworth and/or Kenneth Anderson still attend ARD meetings.  These two gentelemen, principal and assistant principal at Dawson Middle School in Carroll ISD, attended an ARD in the fall of 2003.  Six years later they were finally cleared of all charges.  SIX YEARS!
What charges?  They were accused of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BE NICE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a strong message to parties and their lawyers: be nice! Work cooperatively and don&#8217;t bother us unless you have to!
That&#8217;s a loose translation of the Court&#8217;s holding in el Paso ISD v. R.R., reported in the February issue of TSALD.  The district c court had ordered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is &#8220;Inappropriate Symbolism&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2009/12/what-is-inappropriate-symbolism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dawg&#8217;s Case of the Month in the January issue is A.M. v. Cash, a 5th Circuit decision involving the display of the Confederate flag at Burleson High School. A couple of girls brought purses to school that displayed the ol&#8217; Stars and Bars and were told that this violated school policy. No disciplinary action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berry v. State</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2009/02/16-barry-v-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One nice thing about being a school lawyer is that our clients rarely hit us.  They may get angry, or think we have done a poor job. They may even say mean and ugly things to us. But with school officials as your clients, you are rarely going to be physically assaulted.
These thoughts came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Zachary Sharples!</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2008/10/15-free-zachary-sharples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zachary Sharples, A 12-year old boy in Pinellas, Florida, has been placed in ISS because he got a Ray-Hawk haircut in support of the local baseball team, the Tampa Bay Rays. This is wrong on so many levels it is hard to know where to begin.
School officials cite their dress code which prohibits hairstyles that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Checked Myspace Lately?</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2008/08/have-you-checked-myspace-lately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LawDawg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An assistant principal in San Antonio has lost her case against two students and their parents based on a fake myspace page. The kids set up a page that appeared to be created by Anna Draker, the assistant principal at Clark High School. The court said that the myspace page included &#8220;explicit and graphic sexual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;I want my child out of special ed!&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2008/06/i-want-my-child-out-of-special-ed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Education is proposing a major change in our special education regulations.  If the proposed change is adopted, it would permit parents to pull their kids out of special education programs just by saying so.  &#8220;I want my child removed from special ed.&#8221; That would do it.   No ARD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Generational Mix</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2008/05/12-generational-mix/</link>
		<comments>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2008/05/12-generational-mix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LawDawg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night my old Toastmasters Club celebrated its 45th anniversary with a paddleboat cruise on Lake Lady Bird under a full moon.  What a terrific night!  What a terrific group of people.
Toastmasters is one of the most successful &#8220;self help&#8221; groups in the world. Are you interested in improving your public speaking skills? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UIL 2&#8211;Christians 0</title>
		<link>http://www.legaldigest.com/blog/2008/04/uil-2-christians-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LawDawg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UIL has once again defeated a private, Christian school in court.  Cornerstone Christian School in San Antonio was turned down in its application to join the UIL, so it tried to litigate its way in.  In a lengthy, well reasoned, and colorful decision, Judge Fred Biery ruled for the UIL.  This [...]]]></description>
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