CANADY v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 99-31318.

240 F.3d 437 (2001)

Diana Canady, Billy Jones, Pamela Jones, Thomas Attaway, Earl Hodgkins, Elizabeth Fisher, Carol Ayers, Diane Jones, Tony Neese, Della McCrory, Veronica Walsh, Michael Walsh, Patricia Vidal, David Turner, Lori Wright, Tim Broderick, Ken Henderson, Julie Christen, Diane Allen, Carol Wilhelm, Becky Emerson, Tonja Davis, Kira Higginbotham, Brian Shoebridge, Ed Walker, Nancy Kirkpatrick, Wilton Leritte, Karen Butterfield, Janice Harville, Marian Tyson, Joni Hassle, Mary Vance, Ken Foster, Bruce Dominque, Terry Monroe, Theresa Harmon, Cindy McCarl, Darly McCarl, Vicki Allen, Bonnie Monroe, All Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bossier Parish School Board, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert I. Thompson, III (argued), J. Ransdell Keene, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert L. Hammonds (argued), Hammonds & Sills, Baton Rouge, LA, Roland V. McKneeley, Jr., Bossier City, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DUHÉ and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and FOLSOM, District Judge.


ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

This Court is called on once again to assess the steps taken by school officials to improve the quality of education in our nation's public schools. While maintenance of order and promotion of acceptable standards of classroom conduct are synonymous with ensuring an adequate education system, school officials are not given free reign to abridge students' constitutional rights. See Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Community School Dist...

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