Having considered the entire record, including the viewing of the movie, which we describe as gross and bizarre and containing material completely unsuitable for viewing by a classroom of students aged fourteen to seventeen, we conclude that such conduct falls within the concept of conduct unbecoming a teacher under Kentucky law.10. Joint Appendix at 113-14. Mrs. Peggy Eastburn We conclude that the statute proscribing "conduct unbecoming a teacher" gave her adequate notice that such conduct would subject her to discipline. v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675, 106 S. Ct. 3159, 92 L. Ed. Under the Mt. 352, 356 (M.D. Arnett, 416 U.S. at 161 (quoting Meehan v. Macy, 129 U.S. App. $(document).ready(function () { She testified that she would show an edited version of the movie again if given the opportunity to explain it. Having considered the entire record, including the viewing of the movie, and in holding that the district court's findings of fact are clearly erroneous, we are left with a "definite and firm conviction that . In my view, both of the cases cited by the dissent are inapposite. Joint Appendix at 308-09, To the extent that the district court's finding of fact number 34 may be interpreted as a finding that the defendants objected to the film only on an ideological level, the finding is clearly erroneous. Healthy case, involving actions by a teacher outside the school environment, must be viewed in light of the court's deference to the autonomy of school boards in regulating the educational process. . 1982) is misplaced, Plaintiff's reliance upon cases grounded in the concept of "academic freedom," e.g., Cooper, 611 F.2d at 1113; Dean, 486 F. Supp. Cited 1095 times, 92 S. Ct. 2294 (1972) | 2d 471, 97 S. Ct. 568 (1977). Ms. Fowler's after the fact rationalizations for having shown the film cannot alter the fact that she used poor judgment and should not shield her from the consequences. The district court found that the movie "contains a very limited amount of material which is sexually suggestive," that the movie does not contain "any 'simulation' of a sexual act," and that "any scenes involving nudity or suggestive conduct were edited from the view of students" during both showings. Mrs. Eastburn has resided in the Fowler community for nearly 30 years, and all of her children attended Fowler schools. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of the district court and dismiss plaintiff's action. There is also conflicting testimony regarding the amount of sexual innuendo existing in the "unedited" version of the film. . A number of courts have rejected vagueness challenges when an employee's conduct clearly falls within a statutory or regulatory prohibition. 2d 435 (1982), and Bethel School Dist. Cited 210 times, Kingsville Independent School District v. Cooper, 611 F.2d 1109 (1980) | She made no attempt at any time to explain the meaning of the movie or to use it as an educational tool. 393 U.S. at 505-08, 89 S. Ct. at 736-37. Joint Appendix at 291. In order to defend itself against such a claim, the government must establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the decision to terminate would have been made in the absence of the exercise of the constitutionally protected right. $('span#sw-emailmask-5385').replaceWith(''); Isn't a violation of free speech Legal Doctrine: The First Amendment Significance: Teacher has protection under the First Amendment protection under certaincircumstances armed robbery w/5 gun, "gun" occurs to The day, on which the movie was shown was a non-instructional day used by teachers for completing, grade cards. These cases are based upon the notion that teaching is a form of activity protected by the First Amendment. . " Arnett, 416 U.S. at 161, 94 S. Ct. at 1648 (quoting Meehan v. Macy, 392 F.2d 822, 835 (D.C. Cir. Charles Bailey, age fifteen, who had seen the movie on prior occasions, indicated that the movie had "one bad place in it." This segment of the film was shown in the morning session. Erika Capogna Fowler vs BOE Background Information - Jacqueline Fowler was a tenured teacher employed by the Lincoln County, Kentucky school system - Group of students requested that the movie, "Pink Floyd- The Wall" was shown - Fowler was prompted by Charles Bailey, age 15, who Mt. In this appeal, defendants contend that the district court erred in its conclusion that plaintiff's discharge violated her First Amendment rights. 1 TOWN ADDISON ET AL. Any limitation on the exercise of constitutional rights can be justified only by a conclusion, based upon reasonable inferences flowing from concrete facts and not abstractions, that the interests of discipline or sound education are materially and substantially justified . 598 F.2d 535 - CARY v. BD. In my view this case should be decided under the "mixed motive" analysis of Mt. Finally, we must determine whether plaintiff's conduct constituted "conduct unbecoming a teacher" within the meaning of Ky. Rev. 397 (M.D. Healthy City School Dist. Joint Appendix at 83, 103, 307. The board then retired into executive session. Such conduct, under the circumstances involved, clearly is not "speech" in the traditional sense of the expression of ideas through use of the spoken or written word. These cases do not lend themselves to the reverse purpose of defining what kind of communication can not be expressive. This has been the unmistakable holding of this Court for almost 50 years. 717 S.W.2d 837 - KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION v. HARRIS. 302, 307 (E.D. She testified that, despite the fact that she had never seen the movie before having it shown to her students, and despite the fact that she was posting grades on report cards and left the room several times while the movie was being shown, she believed it had significant value. Assuming that the school board could have properly discharged Mrs. Fowler for poor judgment and lack of remorse in showing an "R-rated" movie which had short scenes depicting nudity and sexual foreplay, but not for the other reasons given, this case must be decided under the "mixed-motive" analysis of Mt. Cited 1886 times, 86 S. Ct. 719 (1966) | Joint Appendix at 120-22. See Minarcini v. Strongsville City School Dist., 541 F.2d 577 (6th Cir. The most conscientious of codes that define prohibited conduct of employees includes 'catchall' clauses prohibiting employee 'misconduct,' 'immorality,' or 'conduct unbecoming.'" One student testified that she saw "glimpses" of nudity, but "nothing really offending." DIST. Moreover, in Spence. Joint Appendix at 83-84. Following her termination, plaintiff Fowler initiated her action in the district court alleging that her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by her discharge, and that the Kentucky statutes forming the basis for her discharge were unconstitutionally vague or overbroad. ), cert. 85-5815, 85-5835. On its distinctive facts, Fowler v. Board of Education Lincoln County, Kentucky' is almost ideally suited as a vehicle for reex- amining some of the "deeper" issues associated with in-school speech of public high school teachers in particular and with free speech law in general. However, for the reasons stated below I would hold that the school board properly discharged Ms. Fowler. Joint Appendix at 242-46. v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853, 102 S. Ct. 2799, 73 L. Ed. In Minarcini, this court held that this "right to know" was violated by the removal of library books solely on the basis of the social and political tastes of the school board. Cited 1917 times, 631 F.2d 1300 (1980) | Other segments involving a violent rape, nudity, a suggestion of oral sex, and a naked woman and naked man in bed engaging in foreplay and intercourse were also shown in the morning. Cited 63 times, 92 S. Ct. 1953 (1972) | This has been the unmistakable holding of this Court for almost 50 years. 161.790(1), which proscribes conduct unbecoming a teacher, is unconstitutionally vague as applied to her conduct. . Fowler v. Board of Education of Lincoln County (1987): ACADEMIC FREEDOM (Pink Floyd's "The Wall") Facts: district dismissed teacher based on unbecoming conduct (unique to Kentucky) after teacher showed the movie, Pink Floyd's "the wall" to high school students There is no support for the proposition--nor does the school board argue--that a teacher's academic freedom or a student's right to hear may be abridged simply because a school board dislikes the content of the protected speech. 2d 637 (1966) (sit-in by black students in "whites only" library was symbolic speech); West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 633-34, 63 S. Ct. 1178, 87 L. Ed. See, e.g., Stachura v. Truszkowski, 763 F.2d 211, 215 (6th Cir. For example, in Frison v. Franklin County Board of Education, 596 F.2d 1192 (4th Cir. 68 S. Ct. 525 (1948) | Likewise, a motion picture is a form of expression which may be entitled to the protection of the First Amendment. Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104, 110, 92 S. Ct. 1953, 1957, 32 L. Ed. Federal judges and local school boards do not make good movie critics or good censors of movie content. Cited 880 times, WIRSING v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIV. Joint Appendix at 137. Id. at 410-11, 94 S. Ct. at 2730-31, the activity falls within the scope of the first and fourteenth amendments. Under the Mt. The basis for this action was that she had an "R" rated movie, Pink Floyd -- The Wall, shown to her high school students on the last day of the 1983-84 school year. School Dist., 439 U.S. 410, 58 L. Ed. DIST.. 721 S.W.2d 703 - BOARD OF EDUC. The school board was also motivated by the poor judgment used by the teacher in not previewing an R-rated film and in the cavalier manner in which she allowed the film to be shown and "edited" by a student. 93 S. Ct. 529 (1972) | I believe a teacher should be similarly protected by the First Amendment whether she is participating in an instructional or non-instructional day. I at 101.1, Once again, there is conflicting testimony concerning the effectiveness of the editing attempt. Cited 833 times, 72 S. Ct. 777 (1952) | (dicta indicating that standard of "conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts" was sufficiently clear to put judge on notice that criminal, potentially impeachable offenses would trigger investigation), cert. However, the fact that Fowler's conduct was unrelated to the educational process does remove it from the protection afforded by the concept of academic freedom. It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. 2d 842, 94 S. Ct. 2727 (1974). 393 U.S. 503 - TINKER v. DES MOINES SCHOOL DIST.. 408 U.S. 104 - GRAYNED v. CITY OF ROCKFORD. Ms. Montoya is a product of the public k16+ education system and a graduate of Arizona State University currently finishing a masters at Penn State. GIVHAN v. WESTERN LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL. Joint Appendix at 199, 201, 207, 212-13, 223, 226, 251.3. The Court in Mt. Defendants, The Board of Education of Lincoln County, Kentucky, individual board members, and the Superintendent of the Lincoln County Schools, appeal from the judgment of the district court awarding reinstatement and damages to plaintiff Jacqueline Fowler on the ground that her employment was terminated in violation of her First Amendment rights. It is obvious, therefore, that Mrs. Fowler's discharge was prompted by the content of the movie. 1974), a teacher was discharged for public displays of deviate sexual behavior under a statute proscribing "conduct unbecoming a teacher." In my view, both of the cases cited by the dissent are inapposite. The inculcation of these values is truly the "work of the schools.". Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. accident), Expand root word by any number of Healthy, 429 U.S. at 287. Other segments involving a violent rape, nudity, a suggestion of oral sex, and a naked woman and naked man in bed engaging in foreplay and intercourse were also shown in the morning. School officials testified that they objected to the movie because it promoted values which were described as immoral, antieducation, antifamily, antijudiciary, and antipolice. It is speculation to say how much the school board was swayed by the fact that Ms. Fowler did not exhibit second thoughts on having shown the film, and not only did not see the "error of her ways" but said that she would show the film again if given the opportunity. Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61, 101 S. Ct. 2176, 68 L. Ed. denied, 411 U.S. 932, 93 S. Ct. 1899, 36 L. Ed. District Office Staff; Three Year Strategic Plan; Supergram; District Calendar; FUSD Annual Calendar; Student Achievement; Board of Trustees; Accessibility Information Following her termination, plaintiff Fowler initiated her action in the district court alleging that her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by her discharge, and that the Kentucky statutes forming the basis for her discharge were unconstitutionally vague or overbroad. $(document).ready(function () { "It is not feasible or necessary for the Government to spell out in detail all that conduct which will result in retaliation. 746, 68 S. Ct. 525 (1948), and Anderson v. Bessemer City, 470 U.S. 564, 575, 84 L. Ed. 319 U.S. at 632. 2d 671 (1981) (entertainment protected same as political or ideological speech); Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co., 433 U.S. 562, 578, 97 S. Ct. 2849, 2859, 53 L. Ed. She has a long history of volunteering her services in our classrooms and is a very active citizen with regard to City of Phoenix initiatives. 1628 (1943) (flag salute), are inapposite because they involve examples of symbolic expression, not verbal communication, and articulate guidelines for determining what symbolic acts may constitute expression. ), aff'd en banc, 425 F.2d 472 (D.C. Cir. See, e.g., Stern v. Shouldice, 706 F.2d 742 (6th Cir. Ky.Rev.Stat. Furthermore, since this was a "free day" for the students, no departure from a board-mandated curriculum occurred. the Draft" into a courthouse corridor. The evidence in Wood established that the teachers had been smoking marijuana with two fifteen-year-old students in the teachers' apartment. In fact, Mrs. Fowler was not discharged because she entertained her students: she was discharged because the school board did not like the content of the movie. There is no support for the proposition -- nor does the school board argue -- that a teacher's academic freedom or a student's right to hear may be abridged simply because a school board dislikes the content of the protected speech. Bd. 8. 352, 356 (M.D. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. 1985) (nonexpressive dancing constitutes conduct not entitled to protection of the First Amendment). The court disagreed, concluding that " [t]he regulations prescribing a teacher's speech and conduct are necessarily broad; they cannot possibly mention every type of misconduct." View Case Cited Cases Citing Case Cited Cases Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Cited 6 times, 99 S. Ct. 1589 (1979) | Wieman v. Updegraff, 344 U.S. 183, 196, 97 L. Ed. 1986); Zykan v. Warsaw Community School Corp., 631 F.2d 1300 (7th Cir. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 50 L. Ed. OF HOPKINS COUNTY v. WOOD. 63 S. Ct. 1178 (1943) | 2d 683 (1983). James W. Williams, III, Rankin, Baker and Williams, Stanford, Ky., Robert L. Chenoweth, Bryan, Fogle and Chenoweth, Mt. 1969); Dean v. Timpson Independent School District, 486 F. Supp. . 1)The US Supreme Court ruled on Thompson v. Kentucky in 2010. 2d 491 (1972). Defendants, The Board of Education of Lincoln County, Kentucky, individual board members, and the Superintendent of the Lincoln County Schools, appeal from the judgment of the district court awarding reinstatement and damages to plaintiff Jacqueline Fowler on the ground that her employment was terminated in violation of her First Amendment rights. 1981); Russo, 469 F.2d at 631. at 839-40. 1628, 63 S. Ct. 1178 (1943) (flag salute), are inapposite because they involve examples of symbolic expression, not verbal communication, and articulate guidelines for determining what symbolic acts may constitute expression. Trial Transcript Vol. As we have noted, the "R" rated movie was shown on a noninstructional day to students in Fowler's classes in grades nine through eleven who were of ages ranging from fourteen through seventeen. Joint Appendix at 82-83. The day on which the movie was shown, May 31, 1984, was a noninstructional day used by teachers for completing grade cards. Cir. School officials testified that they objected to the movie because it promoted values which were described as immoral, antieducation, antifamily, antijudiciary, and antipolice. At the bench trial in the district court, Fowler repeated her contention that she believed the movie contained important, socially valuable messages. 739 F.2d 568 - MONROE v. STATE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY. either forbids or requires the doing of an act in terms so vague that men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application." Accordingly, we conclude that the statute is not unconstitutionally vague as applied to Fowler's conduct. She introduced a controversial and sexually explicit movie into a classroom of adolescents without preview, preparation or discussion. Healthy City School Dist. 302, 307 (E.D. 2d 518, 105 S. Ct. 1504 (1985). This court need not go as far as the Court did in Pico and Bethel because those cases respectively involved school libraries and a school assembly and did not have the captive audience factor with the teacher acting in loco parentis that is present in this case. 1980); Cary v. Board of Education, 598 F.2d 535, 539-42 (10th Cir. 2d 903 (1983); Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104, 108-09, 92 S. Ct. 2294, 2299, 33 L. Ed. 333 U.S. 364 - UNITED STATES v. GYPSUM CO.. 343 U.S. 495 - JOSEPH BURSTYN, INC. v. WILSON. Bd. 2d 261 (1977) ("But our cases have never suggested that expression about philosophical, social, artistic, economic, literary, or ethical matters--to take a nonexhaustive list of labels--is not entitled to full First Amendment protection."). Under the circumstances present, the court concluded that a discharge for conduct unbecoming a teacher could be upheld. ", (bike or scooter) w/3 (injury or v. DOYLE. 2d 15 (1974), the Court concluded that the term "such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service" was not an unconstitutionally vague standard for employee discharge. }); Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. I would hold, rather, that the district court properly used the Mt. of Educ., 431 U.S. 209, 231, 97 S. Ct. 1782, 1797, 52 L. Ed. FOWLER v. BOARD OF EDUC. 1972), cert. Ephraim, 452 U.S. 61, 65-66, 101 S. Ct. 2176, 68 L. Ed. NO. On the afternoon of May 31, 1984, Principal Jack Portwood asked Fowler to give him the video tape, and she did so. Spence, 418 U.S. at 411. . She has lived in the Fowler Elementary School District for the past 22 years. 1979), a teacher was demoted after an incident in which she disciplined students caught passing notes by reading the note in class and explaining "that three vulgar colloquialisms contained in the note were not obscene when used in different contexts." The court went on to view this conduct in light of the purpose for teacher tenure. Healthy City School Dist. ." at 1193. Before MERRITT and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge. While this is a general principle of law espoused by the Supreme Court on several occasions, the Court has also indicated that in determining whether a given type of entertainment is protected by the First Amendment, it will look to the kind of entertainment involved and the appropriateness of the entertainment under the circumstances such as the time and place where offered. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of the district court and dismiss plaintiff's action. 1986). Similarly, in Wishart v. McDonald, 500 F.2d 1110 (1st Cir. 2d 549 (1986) (quoting Ambach v. Norwick, 441 U.S. 68, 76-77, 99 S. Ct. 1589, 1594-95, 60 L. Ed. Judge Milburn makes a distinction between "academic freedom" and showing a movie in class: We do not intimate that a teacher is entitled to the protection of the First Amendment only when teaching. Healthy standard to decide whether Ms. Fowler's discharge violated the First Amendment, but erred in its finding that, but for Ms. Fowler's constitutionally protected activity of communicating various ideas and political thoughts to her students, she would not have been fired. . In my view, the facts of the present case do not fit any of the Supreme Court cases that have been decided to date. 403 U.S. at 25. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, 506, 89 S. Ct. 733, 736, 21 L. Ed. 2d 49, 99 S. Ct. 1589 and Tinker, 393 U.S. at 508). Ala. 1970), is misplaced. 1976) (insubordinate acts were clearly within scope of regulation governing "unofficerlike conduct"; regulation not vague as applied), cert. 2d 222 (1972); 511 Detroit Street, Inc. v. Kelley, 807 F.2d 1293, 1295 (6th Cir. at 411, because Fowler did not explain the messages contained in the film to the students. of Educ. Cited 78 times, James v. Board of Education of Central District No. 10. Id., at 583. v. FRASER, 106 S. Ct. 3159 (1986) | One particularly controversial segment of scenes is animated in which flowers appear on the screen, are transformed into the shape of male and female sex organs and then engage in an act of intercourse. var encodedEmail = swrot13('rhtrar.xnaqnevna@sbjyre.x12.pn.hf'); To the extent that the district court's finding of fact number 34 may be interpreted as a finding that the defendants objected to the film only on an ideological level, the finding is clearly erroneous. (dicta indicating that standard of "conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts" was sufficiently clear to put judge on notice that criminal, potentially impeachable offenses would trigger investigation), cert. These cases are based upon the notion that teaching is a form of activity protected by the First Amendment. The existence of such a "right to know" was considered by the Supreme Court in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. Mrs. Eastburn is the chairperson of the Estrella Village Planning Committee, and she has sat on numerous other city committees. Send Email Heres how to get more nuanced and relevant Bd. of Educ. Consciously or otherwise, teachers. Ms. Fowler, a former teacher of the year at the school who taught civics and Latin, said she did not watch the movie herself before showing it to the students. District Court Opinion at 6. Assistant Principal Michael Candler, who observed the movie during part of the afternoon showing, testified that Charles Bailey's editing attempt was not sufficient to preclude the students from seeing the nudity. 89 S. Ct. 733 (1969) | the Draft" into a courthouse corridor. Joint Appendix at 129-30. 2d 842 (1974). Similarly, in Tinker, the uncontroverted evidence showed that the students who wore the black armbands were engaged in an expression of opposition to the Vietnam war, which the Court concluded was akin to "pure speech." Where a plaintiff can show that her constitutionally-protected conduct was a "substantial" or "motivating" factor in the discharge decision, the employer must prove "by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have reached the same decision as to . 87 S. Ct. 675 (1967) | She lost her case for reinstatement. . Therefore, I would affirm the judgment of the District Court. 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