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US High School Student Loses Scholarship Over Social Media Twerking Video (www.ndtv.com)

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[–] joystick@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It sounds like a religious private school, so good luck.

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its Walker High School, a public school.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_High_School_(Walker,_Louisiana)

"They basically told me that I should be ashamed of myself," Timonet told a local news outlet. "That I wasn't basically following God's ideals, which made me cry even more."

The principal inserted their religion into their job at a public school.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that sounds like a damn easy win for a court case.