This school system precedent was upheld in Krizek v. Board of Education (1989) when a non-tenured English teacher showed an “R”-rated film to high school students and her contract was not renewed. The district court found that the teacher’s First Amendment rights were not violated, rather the school board acted reasonably in determining that the film was inappropriate
This is shocking to me because we as teachers are being told to teach our students certain topics for the "real world". For example, sex education, cyber bullying and etc yet, the school board disagrees with those sensitive topics. So how can we as a role of a teacher explain these certain situations and events to our students that might be afraid or might not know much? What other ways can we educate them and explain to them, in a more appropriate way?