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Has an Ohio School Overstepped Its Authority?

By David Lohr

A high school student from northwest Ohio was suspended from school because he attended prom at another school. Is the incident another case of a school district overstepping its bounds, or has the student been punished appropriately? Read the story and decide for yourself. For over 25-years, Heritage Christian School in Findlay, Ohio, has operated according to several statements of faith, including the belief that "the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, was given by inspiration of God" and that it is the only rule in matters of faith and practice. To wit, the fundamentalist Baptist high school's handbook contains several policies that are generally not found in similar rule books at nondenominational schools. Relevant to this particular case is a rule stating that rock music is banned because it "is part of the counterculture which seeks to implant seeds of rebellion in young people's hearts and minds...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on May 11, 2009 (boomark / email).