Santa Fe V. Doe Case Study

On January 24, 2002, several private sponsors and civil wars organized the “Winter Olympics torch Relay,”. It was an event that wound through the streets of Juneau, Alaska. The relay was deemed to have educational value, and the students throughout the city were released from school to watch the torch as it was carried through the city streets. Joseph Fredrick at the time was an 18 year old senior attending Douglas High School. Unfortunately Frederick never never made it to school that day due to a delay caused by the snow in his driveway, but he was able to make it to the public sidewalk directly across from his school. Fredrick WAS aware that the Olympic torch would pass right in front of the school where he happened to be standing. After waiting for just the right moment when television cameras were sure to catch the action, Fredrick and some friends unfurled a large banner that read “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” in plain view of the school’s …show more content…
Doe case Sante Fe showed that students could present the message of a school, especially if elected. In this case Mr Fredrick appeared to be part of the school message by having other students hold a sign up across from the school. The message that he was displaying is against school policy. Students were required to go to this activity. This aligns with the idea that these children should have been at the event, and that this was disruptive to the learning environment. Further increasing the correlation with a school event, other students, who were at school, participated. This suggested that Mr Fredrick did know that this was a school event, and knowing that it is a school event and being a students of the school he should be treated as if he was a student at said event. Aligning with the ideas put forth in Sante Fe, Mr Frederick was displaying himself as part of the school’s message. The students had been released to watch the torch pass through because the community had deemed it as