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Student rally organizer tries to justify civil disobedience

Apr 02, 2010
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David Song, The Orange County Register "The reason we chose (to protest during class time) is because people don't take students seriously if we're just out there in the streets picketing," said rally organizer David Song, 16, an Aliso Niguel High junior and founder of the CUSD Student Association for Teachers advocacy group. "But when students are making sacrifices in their own education, people listen. You must use civil disobedience sometimes to get your message across." State law prohibits students from exercising free speech at school if it leads to "the violation of lawful school regulations, or the substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school," according to state Education Code Section 48907.

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