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Student’s First Amendment Rights: Kindergarten Student Playing a Game If a student says, â€Å"I am going to shoot you† during recess to his friends, does the school have a right to take disciplinary actions? Is it a violation of the student’s First Amendment? School officials can restrict speech activities on any student in a school if it has been established there was harm or threats made against others, including teachers. Although the First Amendment states freedom of expression, school officials may punish students for expressing their personal views on school grounds. With the case of S.G. v. Sayreville Board of Education [1], a school’s right to discipline a student was questioned by parental guardianship. The Case: S.G. v. Sayreville Board of Education (2003) Wilson Elementary School in Sayreville, New Jersey, began disciplining a number of students for making remarks of threat and acts of gun violence against teachers and students. Over the course of a week (in early March 2000), three unrelated incidences occurred: one elementary student stated â€Å"I’m going to shoot you† towards another student, a second student threatened to shoot a teacher with his parent’s gun, and a third student threatened to put a gun in a classmate’s mouth to kill him. From the time of the incidences and suspensions given to all the students involved, the principal, Georgia Baumann addressed every class in regards to the severity of making threatening actions with a weapon.Show MoreRelatedCyberbullying And The First Amendment849 Words   |  4 PagesExamination of Cyberbullying and the First Amendment This paper addresses a situation in which a student notified this author that she was being subjected to bullying through another classmate’s Facebook page. 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