1. Read the article Student Press Protests Policy.
2. Identify the following:
   • Facts of the case
   • Issue(s)
   • Arguments on both sides
3. Look at the decision in Hazelwood Majority Opinion.
4. If you were the students at Montgomery Blair High School, which arguments would you advance when presenting your case to the Board of Education? Why?
5. If you were the officials at the education channel, which arguments would you advance when presenting your case to the Board of Education? Why?
6. Read the articles Commission Works on Electronic Media Policy and Television Policy Finally Adopted at Blair High School. What was the county's final decision? Evaluate that decision.
7. What impact will the decision have on future programming in Montgomery County?
   
   

• The school's principal, Phillip F. Gainous, was given The first annual Courage in Student Journalism Award by the Newseum for his role in supporting students' First Amendment rights.
  
  

1. If you were the students, how would you make your case to the existing board?
   
   
2. If you were on the board, what guidelines would you recommend?

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Activities
    The Case

•	You Decide: Were Students' Rights Violated?
•	What Would You Do?
•	Create Your Own Political Cartoon

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    After the Case

•	Should the State Enact "Anti-Hazelwood" Legislation?
•	Evaluating Web Sites
•	Real World Case Study: Censorship of a Student-Produced Television Show

    Resources

•	The ACLU's Ask Sybil Liberty about Your Right to Free Expression
•	The SPLC's Complete Guide to the Supreme Court Decision
•	The Kansas Bar Foundation: Law Wise Newsletter featuring Students' Freedom of Expression under the First Amendment and Case on Point, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
•	The Freedom Forum's Analysis of Hazelwood's Impact on the Student Press
•	The SPLC's First Amendment Rights Diagram
•	The NSPA's Trends in High School Media
•	The SPLC's Cyberlaw and the Student Media

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