Mahanoy Area School District, Petitioner
Lisa S. Blatt, Counsel of Record
In May 2017, the high school in Mahanoy City, Pa., suspended a freshman student from participating in the junior-varsity cheerleading team for the next academic year. The 14-year-old girl had learned that the school had not selected her for the varsity cheer squad and, during a weekend visit with a friend to a convenience store, sent a vulgar message and photo on the cellphone social media app Snapchat in which she expressed her disgust with the situation. …
