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If you’ve been following the free-speech case of Burlington high school student Avery Doninger, take a minute to record a vote on her behalf in an informal Hartford Courant poll: Doninger is the 17-year-old student who posted, from her home, a livejournal.com intemperate comment about her school principal in a dispute over a musical event, JamFest. A three-judge federal appeals panel last week heard her appeal of school disciplinary measures forbidding her to serve in the elected post of class secretary. The Courant is inviting readers to say whether or not they think schools should be able to discipline students for their actions away from school.To vote, go to the URL below.(You don’t need to take the online reader survey; just click no, then vote: http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-readerpoll-page,0,7831158.htmlstory Read a news account: http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-webspeech.artmar05,0,3846137.story Read the amicus brief: CFAR on Burlington Case, Jefferson Center on Burlington
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