The Ames City High School Drama Club performs two shows a ye…
The Ames City High School Drama Club performs two shows a year. Its spring show is, by tradition, a musical. The students have discretion in the selection and production of the performances but are supervised by a drama teacher. All students receive academic credit for participating in the club. When the principal learns that the students have decided to perform the 1960s musical Hair, she orders the students to halt production, citing the play’s references to drug use and sex, as well as its nude scene, as inappropriate for a high school-age audience. The students sue the school in federal court, alleging that the principal’s actions violate their First Amendment rights to free speech. A reviewing judge should: