hazelwood school district kuhlmeier argued october decided january respondents former high school students staff members school newspaper filed suit federal district petitioners school district school officials alleging respondents first amendment rights violated deletion certain issue paper two pages included article describing school students experiences pregnancy another article discussing impact divorce students school newspaper written edited journalism class part school curriculum pursuant school practice teacher charge paper submitted page proofs school principal objected pregnancy story pregnant students although named might identified text believed article references sexual activity birth control inappropriate younger students principal objected divorce article page proofs furnished identified name deleted teacher final version student complained father conduct principal believed student parents given opportunity respond remarks consent publication believing time make necessary changes articles paper issued end school year principal directed pages appeared withheld publication even though unobjectionable articles included pages district held first amendment violation occurred appeals reversed held respondents first amendment rights violated pp first amendment rights students public schools automatically coextensive rights adults settings must applied light special characteristics school environment school need tolerate student speech inconsistent basic educational mission even though government censor similar speech outside school pp school newspaper characterized forum public expression school facilities may deemed public forums school authorities policy practice opened facilities indiscriminate use general public segment public student organizations facilities instead reserved intended purposes communicative otherwise public forum created school officials may impose reasonable restrictions speech students teachers members school community school officials case deviate policy newspaper production part educational curriculum regular classroom activity journalism teacher control almost every aspect publication officials evince intent open paper pages indiscriminate use student reporters editors student body generally accordingly school officials entitled regulate paper contents reasonable manner pp standard determining school may punish student expression happens occur school premises standard determining school may refuse lend name resources dissemination student expression tinker des moines independent community school distinguished educators offend first amendment exercising editorial control style content student speech expressive activities long actions reasonably related legitimate pedagogical concerns pp school principal acted reasonably case requiring deletion pregnancy article divorce article articles appear pages newspaper pp white delivered opinion rehnquist stevens scalia joined brennan filed dissenting opinion marshall blackmun joined post robert baine argued cause petitioners briefs john gianoulakis robert haar leslie edwards argued cause filed brief respondents ronald zumbrun anthony caso filed brief pacific legal foundation amicus curiae urging reversal briefs amici curiae urging affirmance filed american civil liberties union et al janet benshoof john powell steven shapiro frank susman american society newspaper editors et al richard schmidt people american way marvin frankel legal defense education fund et al martha minow sarah burns marsha levick planned parenthood federation america et al eve paul student press law center et al marc abrams briefs amici curiae filed national school boards association et al gwendolyn gregory august steinhilber thomas shannon ivan gluckman school board dade county florida frank howard johnny brown justice white delivered opinion case concerns extent educators may exercise editorial control contents high school newspaper produced part school journalism curriculum petitioners hazelwood school district louis county missouri various school officials robert eugene reynolds principal hazelwood east high school howard emerson teacher school district respondents three former hazelwood east students staff members spectrum school newspaper contend school officials violated first amendment rights deleting two pages articles may issue spectrum spectrum written edited journalism ii class hazelwood east newspaper published every three weeks school year copies newspaper distributed year students school personnel members community board education allocated funds annual budget printing spectrum funds supplemented proceeds sales newspaper printing expenses school year totaled revenue sales costs associated newspaper supplies textbooks portion journalism teacher salary borne entirely board journalism ii course taught robert stergos academic year stergos left hazelwood east take job private industry april may edition spectrum nearing completion petitioner emerson took place newspaper adviser remaining weeks term practice hazelwood east spring semester journalism teacher submit page proofs spectrum issue principal reynolds review prior publication may emerson delivered proofs may edition reynolds objected two articles scheduled appear edition one stories described three hazelwood east students experiences pregnancy discussed impact divorce students school reynolds concerned although pregnancy story used false names keep identity girls secret pregnant students still might identifiable text also believed article references sexual activity birth control inappropriate younger students school addition reynolds concerned student identified name divorce story complained father spending enough time mom sister prior divorce always town business late playing cards guys always argued everything mother app pet cert reynolds believed student parents given opportunity respond remarks consent publication unaware emerson deleted student name final version article reynolds believed time make necessary changes stories scheduled press run newspaper appear end school year printing delayed significant extent concluded options circumstances publish newspaper instead planned newspaper eliminating two pages offending stories appeared publish newspaper accordingly directed emerson withhold publication two pages containing stories pregnancy divorce informed superiors decision concurred respondents subsequently commenced action district eastern district missouri seeking declaration first amendment rights violated injunctive relief monetary damages bench trial district denied injunction holding first amendment violation occurred supp district concluded school officials may impose restraints students speech activities integral part school educational function including publication newspaper journalism class long decision substantial reasonable basis quoting frasca andrews supp edny found principal reynolds concern pregnant student anonymity lost privacy invaded legitimate reasonable given small number pregnant students hazelwood east several identifying characteristics disclosed article held reynolds action also justified avoid impression school endorses sexual norms subjects shield younger students exposure unsuitable material ibid deletion article divorce seen reasonable response invasion privacy concerns raised named student remarks article indicate student parents offered opportunity respond allegations said cause serious doubt article complied rules fairness standard field journalism covered textbook used journalism ii class furthermore concluded reynolds justified deleting two full pages newspaper instead deleting pregnancy divorce stories requiring stories modified address concerns based reasonable belief make immediate decision time make modifications articles question appeals eighth circuit reversed held outset spectrum part school adopted curriculum also public forum newspaper intended operated conduit student viewpoint concluded spectrum status public forum precluded school officials censoring contents except necessary avoid material substantial interference school work discipline rights others quoting tinker des moines independent community school appeals found evidence record principal reasonably forecast censored articles materials censored articles materially disrupted classwork given rise substantial disorder school school officials entitled censor articles ground invaded rights others according publication articles resulted tort liability school concluded tort action libel invasion privacy maintained school subjects two articles families accordingly held school officials violated respondents first amendment rights deleting two pages newspaper granted certiorari reverse ii students public schools shed constitutional rights freedom speech expression schoolhouse gate tinker supra punished merely expressing personal views school premises whether cafeteria playing field campus authorized hours unless school authorities reason believe expression substantially interfere work school impinge upon rights students nonetheless recognized first amendment rights students public schools automatically coextensive rights adults settings bethel school district fraser must applied light special characteristics school environment tinker supra cf new jersey school need tolerate student speech inconsistent basic educational mission fraser supra even though government censor similar speech outside school accordingly held fraser student disciplined delivered speech sexually explicit legally obscene official school assembly school entitled disassociate speech manner demonstrate others vulgarity wholly inconsistent fundamental values public school education thus recognized determination manner speech classroom school assembly inappropriate properly rests school board rather federal courts context respondents first amendment claims must considered deal first question whether spectrum may appropriately characterized forum public expression public schools possess attributes streets parks traditional public forums time mind used purposes assembly communicating thoughts citizens discussing public questions hague cio cf widmar vincent hence school facilities may deemed public forums school authorities policy practice opened facilities indiscriminate use general public perry education assn perry local educators segment public student organizations citing widmar vincent facilities instead reserved intended purposes communicative otherwise public forum created school officials may impose reasonable restrictions speech students teachers members school community government create public forum inaction permitting limited discourse intentionally opening nontraditional forum public discourse cornelius naacp legal defense educational fund policy school officials toward spectrum reflected hazelwood school board policy hazelwood east curriculum guide board policy provided chool sponsored publications developed within adopted curriculum educational implications regular classroom activities app hazelwood east curriculum guide described journalism ii course laboratory situation students publish school newspaper applying skills learned journalism lessons learned journalism ii course according curriculum guide included development journalistic skills deadline pressure legal moral ethical restrictions imposed upon journalists within school community responsibility acceptance criticism articles opinion ibid journalism ii taught faculty member regular class hours students received grades academic credit performance course school officials deviate practice policy production spectrum part educational curriculum regular classroom activit district found robert stergos journalism teacher school year authority exercise fact exercised great deal control spectrum example stergos selected editors newspaper scheduled publication dates decided number pages issue assigned story ideas class members advised students development stories reviewed use quotations edited stories selected edited letters editor dealt printing company many decisions made without consultation journalism ii students district thus found clear stergos final authority respect almost every aspect production publication spectrum including content ibid moreover spectrum issue finally approved stergos successor issue still reviewed principal reynolds prior publication respondents assertion believed publish practically anything spectrum therefore dismissed district simply credible factual findings amply supported record rejected clearly erroneous appeals evidence relied upon appeals finding spectrum public forum see equivocal best example board policy stated part chool sponsored student publications restrict free expression diverse viewpoints within rules responsible journalism also stated publications developed within adopted curriculum educational implications app one might reasonably infer full text policy school officials retained ultimate control constituted responsible journalism newspaper although statement policy published september issue spectrum declared spectrum publication accepts rights implied first amendment statement understood context paper role school curriculum suggests administration interfere students exercise first amendment rights attend publication newspaper reflect intent expand rights converting curricular newspaper public forum finally students permitted exercise authority contents spectrum fully consistent curriculum guide objective teaching journalism ii students leadership responsibilities issue page editors app decision teach leadership skills context classroom activity hardly implies decision relinquish school control activity sum evidence relied upon appeals fails demonstrate clear intent create public forum cornelius existed cases found public forums created see citing widmar vincent madison school district wisconsin employment relations southeastern promotions conrad school officials evince either policy practice perry education intent open pages spectrum indiscriminate use student reporters editors student body generally instead reserve forum intended purpos supervised learning experience journalism students accordingly school officials entitled regulate contents spectrum reasonable manner ibid standard rather decision tinker governs case question whether first amendment requires school tolerate particular student speech question addressed tinker different question whether first amendment requires school affirmatively promote particular student speech former question addresses educators ability silence student personal expression happens occur school premises latter question concerns educators authority publications theatrical productions expressive activities students parents members public might reasonably perceive bear imprimatur school activities may fairly characterized part school curriculum whether occur traditional classroom setting long supervised faculty members designed impart particular knowledge skills student participants audiences educators entitled exercise greater control second form student expression assure participants learn whatever lessons activity designed teach readers listeners exposed material may inappropriate level maturity views individual speaker erroneously attributed school hence school may capacity publisher school newspaper producer school play disassociate fraser speech substantially interfere work impinge upon rights students tinker also speech example ungrammatical poorly written inadequately researched biased prejudiced vulgar profane unsuitable immature audiences school must able set high standards student speech disseminated auspices standards may higher demanded newspaper publishers theatrical producers real world may refuse disseminate student speech meet standards addition school must able take account emotional maturity intended audience determining whether disseminate student speech potentially sensitive topics might range existence santa claus elementary school setting particulars teenage sexual activity high school setting school must also retain authority refuse sponsor student speech might reasonably perceived advocate drug alcohol use irresponsible sex conduct otherwise inconsistent shared values civilized social order fraser supra associate school position neutrality matters political controversy otherwise schools unduly constrained fulfilling role principal instrument awakening child cultural values preparing later professional training helping adjust normally environment brown board education accordingly conclude standard articulated tinker determining school may punish student expression need also standard determining school may refuse lend name resources dissemination student expression instead hold educators offend first amendment exercising editorial control style content student speech expressive activities long actions reasonably related legitimate pedagogical concerns standard consistent view education nation youth primarily responsibility parents teachers state local school officials federal judges see board education hendrick hudson central school dist rowley wood strickland epperson arkansas decision censor publication theatrical production vehicle student expression valid educational purpose first amendment directly sharply implicate require judicial intervention protect students constitutional rights iii also conclude principal reynolds acted reasonably requiring deletion may issue spectrum pregnancy article divorce article remaining articles appear pages newspaper initial paragraph pregnancy article declared names changed keep identity girls secret principal concluded students anonymity adequately protected however given identifying information article small number pregnant students school indeed teacher school credibly testified positively identify least one girls possibly three likely many students hazelwood east least successful identifying girls reynolds therefore reasonably feared article violated whatever pledge anonymity given pregnant students addition reasonably concerned article sufficiently sensitive privacy interests students boyfriends parents discussed article given opportunity consent publication offer response article contain graphic accounts sexual activity girls comment article however concerning sexual histories use nonuse birth control unreasonable principal concluded frank talk inappropriate publication distributed freshmen presumably taken home read students even younger brothers sisters student quoted name version divorce article seen principal reynolds made comments sharply critical father principal reasonably concluded individual publicly identified inattentive parent indeed one chose playing cards guys home family entitled opportunity defend matter journalistic fairness concerns shared spectrum faculty advisers school year testified allowed article printed without deletion student name principal reynolds testified credibly trial time reviewed proofs may issue extended telephone conversation emerson believed time make changes articles newspaper printed immediately true reynolds verify whether necessary modifications still made articles emerson volunteer information printing delayed changes made nonetheless agree district decision excise two pages containing problematic articles reasonable given particular circumstances case circumstances included recent replacement stergos emerson may entirely familiar spectrum editorial production procedures pressure felt reynolds make immediate decision students deprived newspaper altogether sum reject unreasonable principal reynolds conclusion neither pregnancy article divorce article suitable publication spectrum reynolds reasonably concluded students written edited articles sufficiently mastered portions journalism ii curriculum pertained treatment controversial issues personal attacks need protect privacy individuals whose intimate concerns revealed newspaper legal moral ethical restrictions imposed upon journalists within school community includes adolescent subjects readers finally conclude principal decision delete two pages spectrum rather delete offending articles require modified reasonable circumstances understood accordingly violation first amendment rights occurred judgment appeals eighth circuit therefore reversed footnotes statement also cited tinker des moines independent community school proposition nly speech materially substantially interferes requirements appropriate discipline found unacceptable therefore prohibited app portion statement course even accurately reflect holding tinker furthermore statement nowhere expressly extended tinker standard news feature articles contained newspaper dissent apparently finds fact statement published annually spectrum however district unable conclude statement appeared one occasion event even statement says dissent believes says evidence school officials never intended designate spectrum public forum remains overwhelming distinction draw speech sponsored school speech fully consistent papish university missouri board curators per curiam involved underground newspaper school officials merely allowed sold state university campus dissent perceives difference first amendment analysis applied tinker applied fraser disagree decision fraser rested vulgar lewd plainly offensive character speech delivered official school assembly rather propensity speech materially disrup classwork involv substantial disorder invasion rights others indeed fraser cited especially relevant portion justice black dissenting opinion tinker disclaim ing purpose hold federal constitution compels teachers parents elected school officials surrender control american public school system public school students quoting course justice black observations equally relevant instant case therefore need decide whether appeals correctly construed tinker precluding school officials censoring student speech avoid invasion rights others except speech result tort liability school reject respondents suggestion school officials permitted exercise prepublication control publications pursuant specific written regulations require regulations context curricular activity unduly constrain ability educators educate need decide whether regulations required school officials may censor publications sponsored school students seek distribute school grounds see baughman freienmuth shanley northeast independent school bexar eisner stamford board education number lower federal courts similarly recognized educators decisions regard content newspapers dramatic productions expressive activities entitled substantial deference see nicholson board education torrance unified school seyfried walton trachtman anker cert denied frasca andrews supp edny need decide whether degree deference appropriate respect expressive activities college university level reasonableness principal reynolds concerns two articles substantiated trial testimony martin duggan former editorial page editor louis globe democrat former college journalism instructor newspaper adviser duggan testified divorce story meet journalistic standards fairness balance father given opportunity respond pregnancy story appropriate publication high school newspaper unduly intrusive privacy girls parents boyfriends district found duggan objective independent witness whose testimony entitled significant weight supp ed mo likely approach urged dissent practical matter far deleterious consequences student press approach adopt today dissent correctly acknowledges state prerogative dissolve student newspaper entirely post likely many public schools rather open newspapers student expression threaten materia disrup tion classwork violation rights protected law post regardless sexually explicit racially intemperate personally insulting expression otherwise might justice brennan justice marshall justice blackmun join dissenting young men women hazelwood east high school registered journalism ii expected civics lesson spectrum newspaper publish class exercise students learned prepare papers hone writing skills forum established give students opportunity express views gaining appreciation rights responsibilities first amendment constitution beginning school year student journalists published statement policy tacitly approved year school authorities announcing expectation spectrum publication accepts rights implied first amendment speech materially substantially interferes requirements appropriate discipline found unacceptable therefore prohibited app quoting tinker des moines independent community school school board affirmatively guaranteed students journalism ii atmosphere conducive fostering appreciation exercising full panoply rights associated free student press school sponsored student publications vowed restrict free expression diverse viewpoints within rules responsible journalism app board policy case arose hazelwood east administration breached promise dashing students expectations school principal without prior consultation explanation excised six articles comprising two full pages may issue spectrum articles materially substantially interfere requirements appropriate discipline simply considered two six inappropriate personal sensitive unsuitable student consumption view principal broke promise violated first amendment prohibitions censorship student expression neither disrupts classwork invades rights others censorship narrowly tailored serve purpose public education serves vital national interests preparing nation youth life increasingly complex society duties citizenship democratic republic see brown board education public school conveys young information tools required merely survive contribute civilized society also inculcates tomorrow leaders fundamental values necessary maintenance democratic political system ambach norwick public educator nurtures students social moral development transmitting official dogma community values board education pico plurality opinion citation omitted public educator task weighty delicate indeed demands particularized supremely subjective choices among diverse curricula moral values political stances teach inculcate students among various methodologies accordingly traditionally reserved daily operation school systems local school boards epperson arkansas see board education pico supra however hesitated intervene decisions run afoul constitution see edwards aguillard striking state statute forbade teaching evolution public school unless accompanied instruction theory creation science board education pico supra school board may remove books library shelves merely disapproves ideas express epperson arkansas supra striking prohibition teaching darwinian theory evolution public school west virginia board education barnette public school may compel student salute flag meyer nebraska state law prohibiting teaching foreign languages public private schools unconstitutional free student expression undoubtedly sometimes interferes effectiveness school pedagogical functions brands student expression directly preventing school pursuing pedagogical mission young polemic stands soapbox calculus class deliver eloquent political diatribe interferes legitimate teaching calculus student delivers lewd endorsement candidate might extremely distract impressionable high school audience interfere orderly operation school see bethel school dist fraser student speech however frustrates school legitimate pedagogical purposes merely expressing message conflicts school without directly interfering school expression message student responds political science teacher question retort socialism good subverts school inculcation message capitalism better even maverick sits class passively sporting symbol protest government policy cf tinker des moines independent community school gossip sits student commons swapping stories sexual escapade readily muddle clear official message condoning government policy condemning teenage sex likewise student newspaper like spectrum conveys moral position odds school official stance might subvert administration legitimate inculcation perception community values mere incompatibility school pedagogical message constitutionally sufficient justification suppression student speech school officials censor students student organizations foregoing hypotheticals converting public schools enclaves totalitarianism strangle free mind source west virginia board education barnette supra first amendment permits blanket censorship authority constitutional rights students public school automatically coextensive rights adults settings fraser supra students public schools shed constitutional rights freedom speech expression schoolhouse gate tinker supra public street corner must interest fostering enlightened opinion cantwell connecticut tolerate speech tempt listener throw speaker street public educators must accommodate student expression even offends offers views values contradict school wishes inculcate tinker struck balance held official censorship student expression suspension several students removed armbands protesting vietnam war unconstitutional unless speech materially disrupts classwork involves substantial disorder invasion rights others school officials may suppress silent passive expression opinion unaccompanied disorder disturbance part speaker mere desire avoid discomfort unpleasantness always accompany unpopular viewpoint unsavory subject fraser supra brennan concurring judgment justify official suppression student speech high school applied tinker test term ago fraser supra upholding official decision discipline student delivering lewd speech support candidate today casts doubt tinker vitality instead erects taxonomy school censorship concluding tinker applies one category another one hand censorship silence student personal expression happens occur school premises ante hand censorship expression arises context expressive activities students parents members public might reasonably perceive bear imprimatur school ibid purport discern precedents distinction creates one suppose readily characterize students symbolic speech tinker personal expression happens occur red school premises although tinker even hint personal nature speech much less dispositive relevance description stretch imagination fit fraser speech happen deliver lewd speech ad hoc gathering playground second paragraph fraser evinces ever forum student expression fraser fraser delivered speech nominating fellow student student elective office approximately high school students attended assembly students required attend assembly report study hall assembly part educational program fraser emphasis added ever intimated distinction personal speech context particularly telling heavy reliance tinker two cases first amendment infringement state college campuses see papish university missouri board curators per curiam healy james one involved expulsion student lewd expression newspaper sold campus pursuant university authorization see papish supra involved denial university recognition concomitant benefits political student organization see healy supra tracking tinker analysis found act suppression unconstitutional neither case suggest distinction today finds dispositive incidental student expression ii even writing clean slate reject rationale abandoning tinker case offers obscure tangle three excuses afford educators greater control speech tinker test permit public educator prerogative control curriculum pedagogical interest shielding high school audience objectionable viewpoints sensitive topics school need dissociate student expression ante none excuses disentangled supports distinction draws tinker fully addresses first concern second illegitimate third readily achievable less oppressive means certainly correct first amendment permits educators assure participants learn whatever lessons activity designed teach ante however essence tinker test excuse abandon tinker school officials may censor student speech materially disrup legitimate curricular function manifestly student speech likely disrupt curricular function arises context curricular activity one designed teach something arises context noncurricular activity thus tinker school may constitutionally punish budding political orator disrupts calculus class holds tongue cafeteria see consolidated edison public service new york stevens concurring judgment stringent standard applies curricular context applied standard whether students tinker wore armbands classroom cafeteria student speech noncurricular context less likely disrupt materially legitimate pedagogical purpose fully agree first amendment afford educator prerogative sponsor publication newspaper article ungrammatical poorly written inadequately researched biased prejudiced falls short high standards student speech disseminated school auspices ante need abandon tinker reach conclusion need apply enumerated criteria reflect skills curricular newspaper designed teach educator may tinker constitutionally censor poor grammar writing research reward expression materially disrup newspaper curricular purpose said official censorship designed shield audience dissociate sponsor expression censorship motivated might well serve although demonstrate infra legitimately serve school purpose way furthers curricular purposes student newspaper unless one believes purpose school newspaper teach students press never report bad news express unpopular views print thought might upset sponsors unsurprisingly hazelwood east claims pedagogical purpose relies bits testimony portray principal conduct pedagogical lesson journalism ii students sufficiently mastered portions curriculum pertained treatment controversial issues personal attacks need protect privacy individuals legal moral ethical restrictions imposed upon journalists ante regard attempts justify censorship article teenage pregnancy basis principal judgment pregnant students anonymity adequately protected despite article use aliases judgment article sufficiently sensitive privacy interests students boyfriends parents ante similarly finds principal decision censor divorce article journalistic lesson author given father one student opportunity defend charge words chose playing cards guys home family ante principal never consulted students censoring work hey learned deletions paper released explained deletions broadest generalities one meeting called behest seven protesting spectrum staff members presumably fraction full class characterized articles sensitive immature audience readers supp ed mo later meeting deemed simply inappropriate personal sensitive unsuitable newspaper ibid supposition principal intended protesters understood generalities lesson nuances journalistic responsibility utterly incredible fact neither district appeals found lesson lost psychic spectrum staffer second excuse deviating precedent school interest shielding impressionable high school audience material whose substance unsuitable immature audiences ante omitted specifically majority decrees must afford educators authority shield high school students exposure potentially sensitive topics like particulars teenage sexual activity unacceptable social viewpoints like advocacy irresponsible se conduct otherwise inconsistent shared values civilized social order student activities ante citation omitted tinker teaches us state educator undeniable undeniably vital mandate inculcate moral political values general warrant act thought police stifling discussion topics advocacy official position see also epperson arkansas meyer nebraska otherwise educators transform students recipients state chooses communicate tinker cast perverse impermissible pall orthodoxy classroom keyishian board regents thus state constitutionally prohibit high school students recounting locker room particulars sexual activity even advocating irresponsible se presumed abominations shared values civilized social order even capacity educator state may assume orwellian guardianship public mind thomas collins jackson concurring mere fact school sponsorship suggests license thought control high school whether school suppression disfavored viewpoints official assessment topic sensitivity former constitute unabashed unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination see board education pico blackmun concurring part concurring judgment well impermissible infringement students right receive information ideas plurality opinion citations omitted see first national bank bellotti school board may purge library books offen social political moral tastes plurality opinion citation omitted school officials may like motivation discriminatorily excise objectionable ideas student publication state prerogative dissolve student newspaper entirely limit subject matter entitles dictate viewpoints students may express pages state prerogative close schoolhouse entitles prohibit nondisruptive expression antiwar sentiment within gates official censorship student speech ground addresses potentially sensitive topics related reasons equally impermissible begrudge educator authority limit substantive scope publication certain objectively definable topic literary criticism school sports overview school year unlike determinate limitations potential topic sensitivity vaporous nonstandard like public welfare peace safety health decency good order morals convenience shuttlesworth birmingham general welfare citizens staub baxley invites manipulation achieve ends permissibly achieved blatant viewpoint discrimination chills student speech school officials might object part dangers consistently condemned scheme allowing state official boundless discretion licensing speech particular forum see shuttlesworth birmingham supra cox louisiana staub baxley supra case us aptly illustrates readily school officials courts camouflage viewpoint discrimination mere protection students sensitive topics among grounds advances uphold principal censorship one articles potential sensitivity teenage sexual activity ante yet district specifically found principal matter principle oppose discussion said topi spectrum much also clear principal approval squeal law article page dealing forthrightly teenage sexuality use contraceptives teenagers teenage pregnancy app topic sensitivity true basis principal decision two articles equally objectionable much likely objectionable article objectionable viewpoint expressed might read majority apparently advocate irresponsible sex see ante sole concomitant school sponsorship might conceivably justify distinction draws sponsored nonsponsored student expression risk views individual speaker might erroneously attributed school ante course risk erroneous attribution inheres student expression including personal expression like armbands tinker happens occur school premises ante nevertheless majority certainly correct indicia school sponsorship increase likelihood attribution state educators may therefore legitimate interest dissociating student speech ven though governmental purpose legitimate substantial purpose pursued means broadly stifle fundamental personal liberties end narrowly achieved keyishian board regents quoting shelton tucker dissociative means short censorship available school example require student activity publish disclaimer statement policy spectrum published school year announcing editorials appearing newspaper reflect opinions spectrum staff necessarily shared administrators faculty hazelwood east app simply issue response clarifying official position matter explaining student position wrong yet without much acknowledging less oppressive alternatives approves brutal censorship iii since censorship served legitimate pedagogical purpose stretch imagination designed prevent materia disrup tion classwork tinker censorship fall within category tinker described necessary prevent student expression inva ding rights others ibid term content must limited rights protected law yardstick less exacting result school officials curtailing speech slightest fear disturbance prospect completely odds pronouncement undifferentiated fear apprehension disturbance enough even public school context overcome right freedom expression tinker supra appeals correctly reasoned whatever journalistic impropriety articles may contained conceivably tortious much less criminal see finally even majority correct principal constitutionally censored objectionable material emphatically object brutal manner separation legitimate illegitimate speech calls sensitive tools speiser randall see keyishian board regents supra principal used paper shredder objected material two articles excised six entire articles much inquire obvious alternatives precise deletions additions one already made rearranging layout delaying publication unthinking contempt individual rights intolerable state official particularly insidious one public entrusts task inculcating youth appreciation cherished democratic liberties constitution guarantees iv opens analysis case purporting reaffirm tinker proposition public school students shed constitutional rights freedom speech expression schoolhouse gate ante quoting tinker supra ironic introduction opinion denudes high school students much first amendment protection tinker prescribed instead teach ing children respect diversity ideas fundamental american system board education pico blackmun concurring part concurring judgment constitution living reality parchment preserved glass shanley northeast independent school bexar today teach es youth discount important principles government mere platitudes west virginia board education barnette young men women hazelwood east expected civics lesson one teaches today dissent suggests passage quoted text exten tinker standard news feature articles contained newspaper passage expressly mention ante hard imagine anyone else might expect passage applies categorically publication composed almost exclusively news feature articles mention categories expressly understandably neither limited passage quotes language bethel school dist fraser proposition determination manner speech classroom school assembly inappropriate properly rests school board ante quoting discussion immediately preceding quotation makes clear however referring appropriateness manner message conveyed message content see fraser fundamental values necessary maintenance democratic political system disfavor use terms debate highly offensive highly threatening others fact fraser coupled first mention society interest teaching students boundaries socially appropriate behavior acknowledgment undoubted freedom advocate unpopular controversial views schools classrooms emphasis added see also brennan concurring judgment case involve attempt school officials ban written materials consider inappropriate high school students citation omitted petitioners concede ontrol access spectrum permissible distinctions drawn viewpoint neutral brief petitioners quoting cornelius naacp legal defense educational fund