Student Survey:  Are Students' Rights Protected in Local Schools?

Groton-Dunstable Regional High School

1. Have your rights as a student ever been violated?
 I don’t think so,  I’m not sure.  I’ve never been suspended or anything.  But I’ve heard about kids who’ve had their lockers searched and stuff.
 
2. Have your rights as a citizen ever been violated in a school?  How?
 I don’t think they have.  It’s the same question.  Yeah, I’ve heard of kids being suspended and it doesn’t sound right, but never me.
 
3. Which do you believe ‘out weigh’ the other rights?  The right to an education?  Or the Right to Free Speech?
I think that free speech does.

 Why do you believe this?
 I don’t know,  I just do.  But it’s hard because you need an education to, their equal almost.  They don’t outweigh eachother.
 
4. Are you familiar with any court cases on the subject of students rights?
 No I’m not, except something I heard about this girl who was searched and they found pot on her, but she was only smoking (ciggarettes).
 
5. Do you feel like your school teaches you enough about your rights as a citizen enacted prior to your 18th birthday?
Yeah, I think so.  I learned about the constitution and all.  Never read it though.  I know I can vote and stuff like that.  I don’t know everything though.

Lindsey Earnest, Sophomore