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Court Rebuffs Cheerleader' Case Challenging Discipline for Drinking.

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  • Author(s): Hendrie, Caroline
  • Source:
    Education Week. 3/23/2005, Vol. 24 Issue 28, p11-11. 1/6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SCHOOL sports; SECONDARY education; PUBLIC schools; FEDERAL court decisions
    • Subject Terms:
      WENTZVILLE (Mo.); MISSOURI
    • Abstract:
      This article reports that two cheerleaders who sued a Missouri school district after being accused of drinking vodka before a high school football game found little to cheer about in a recent ruling by a federal appeals court. The girls, who were both members of the varsity cheerleading squad at Holt High School in Wentzville, Missouri, received 10-day suspensions for allegedly disobeying the school's no-alcohol policy in late August 2002. One bone of contention was the decision by the school's cheerleading coach to hold a late-night meeting with the accused girls and other squad members to discuss the allegations.