Boundries? What are they?

Another case of school districts shoving their noses in places where their noses ought not to be: now you can't talk about 'illegal or inappropriate' behavior outside of school, online.

Sure, anything published online is by definition expected to be public (with the possible exception of password-protected sites and things like friends-only LJ entries). This doesn't mean that the school has the right to hold something a student writes and posts outside of school against that student. Keep in mind this is not a private school, but public.

Obviously I can't say for certain about this, but here's my interpretation of this new policy: Say I'm a student in the ironically-named Libertyville. I'm not, but say I am. Say I also play soccer for the school. In order to play soccer, the district tells me that I have to sign a piece of paper saying I will conduct myself a certain way, including online. Sure, I sign it, because I want to play soccer. A few weeks later, I find a great directory of torrents online, so I put a link to that site in my LiveJournal or blog and say, "Hey, check out this great site - free movies!" Two days later, acting on a tip from a "concerned parent" the school administration comes and...well, presumably there's not a very happy ending for me.

Personally, I don't like this trend.