Episode 93 Speakers, Singers, and Sashes: Planning for a Successful Graduation Ceremony

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Episode 93 Speakers, Singers, and Sashes: Planning for a Successful Graduation Ceremony

Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast

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6 months ago

Episode 93 Speakers, Singers, and Sashes: Planning for a Successful Graduation Ceremony

Graduation season is fast approaching and now is the time for selecting speakers, auditioning singers and all the other details that go into planning a successful event. On this Lozano Smith podcast, host Sloan Simmons and his guests Partners and Lozano Smith Student Practice Group Leaders, Ruth Mendyk and Kyle Raney, walk through parameters and considerations in preparing for the ceremony itself, including speeches, music, adornments and more. The group also discusses the basics that being included in the ceremony is not a guarantee, but should be considered a privilege for students to participate.

Show Notes & References

1:14 – Participating in graduation: a privilege, not a right (Swany v. San Ramon Valley Unified Sch. Dist. (N.D. Cal. 1989) 720 F.Supp. 764)
4:00 – Best practices for districts to communicate graduation policies and parameters
7:27 – Non-public forums of graduation ceremonies
10:01 – Due process regarding student participation (Castro v. Clovis Unified School District (U.S.D.C. E.D. Cal. 2022) Case No. 1:19-cv-00821-DAD-SKO) (Client News Brief 29 - June 2022)
12:31 – Students on the mic (Lassonde v. Pleasanton Unified School District (2003) 320 F.3d 979)
16:42 – Invocations and religious speech (Cole v. Oroville Union High School District (9th Cir. 2000) 228 F.3d 1092)
19:19 – Prayer at graduation (Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022) 142 S.Ct. 2407) (Client News Brief 31 - July 2022)
23:34 – Alternative bases for regulating expression (Corder v. Lewis Palmer School District No. 38 (U.S.D.C. D. Col. 2009) Case No. 08-1293 and Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) 484 U.S. 260) (Education Code section 48907)
26:55 – Songs and instrumental music (Nurre v. Whitehead (9th Cir. 2009) 580 F.3d 1087)
30:13 – Student fees and free school guarantee – caps and gowns and senior activities
32:02 – Adornment of cap and gown (Education Code section 35183.1)

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