Posts Tagged: Boyertown
Student Privacy Lawsuit Filed with Supreme Court
November 19, 2018 | 2 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown, Privacy, SCOTUS
(November 19, 2018) Today the Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center and the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a petition for review before the U.S. Supreme Court … Read more
Attorneys, Student Respond to 3rd Circuit Ruling Against Student Privacy
May 24, 2018 | 2 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled against student privacy in Doe v. Boyertown Area School District. Six courageous students from the Boyertown Area School District have been forced to defend their … Read more
Thursday, May 24 – Pray for the Boyertown Six
May 22, 2018 | No comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
Imagine this: You’re Mary Smith (fictitious name), one of the students in the Boyertown student privacy court case. Every time you go into the girls bathroom you wonder if whether there’s a boy in there. You have already had a … Read more
Every Thursday in May – A Call to Pray for the Boyertown Six
May 1, 2018 | 2 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
In a case of great importance to students and families nationwide, six courageous students from the Boyertown Area School District (Boyertown, PA) are … Read more
Boyertown’s Unwritten Policy Violates Personal Privacy, Constitutes Sexual Harassment
May 1, 2018 | 1 comment | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
The following is the introduction from one of the legal briefs submitted in support of the students from Boyertown Area School District in their to protect their privacy rights.
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As Americans, we enjoy a right to bodily privacy. We … Read more
Powerful opening statement made in student privacy court case
July 18, 2017 | 2 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown
On Monday, July 17, 2017, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held a hearing on the case Doe v Boyertown Area School District which began with the following opening statement made by Randall Wenger, Chief … Read more
Brave High School Students Take Action with Privacy Lawsuit
April 19, 2017 | 8 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: bathroom, Boyertown, lawsuit
The Boyertown Area School District, without parent or student notification, made an unwritten change to school policy and opened its sex-specific restrooms and locker rooms to students of the opposite sex. Four high-school students are now suing the district … Read more
Update on Student Lawsuit against Boyertown Area School District
April 7, 2017 | 5 comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: bathroom, Boyertown, lgbt, Privacy
Randall Wenger, Chief Counsel with Independence Law Center who is representing the student from Boyertown Area School District now suing the school for sexual harassment and violating his bodily privacy, was recently interviewed by Greg Barton on the Spotlight program … Read more
Student sues Pennsylvania school district for sexual harassment, violation of personal privacy
March 21, 2017 | No comments | Posted in Privacy rights | Tags: Boyertown, Privacy, school
PRESS RELEASE – Independence Law Center
Principal tells student to ‘tolerate’ undressing with student of opposite sex, make it as ‘natural’ as possiblePHILADELPHIA – A high school student and his parents sued the Boyertown Area School District Tuesday for … Read more