H-D still investigating student club policy

The status of an anti-abortion club at Hampton-Dumont High School is still uncertain following an announcement last Friday by district officials.
According to Superintendent Todd Lettow, H-D is still reviewing administrative procedures regarding the classification of student clubs and organizations. Students for Life of America, a nationwide anti-abortion group, claims Principal Steve Madson violated a student’s First Amendement rights when he repeatedly denied her anti-abortion group’s application for official club status. The accusation prompted a large-scale review of internal policy, but a final decision is still pending.
“We will be revisiting our current policies to clarify and strengthen the definitions of curricular and noncurricular clubs,” Lettow wrote in a letter to parents on Friday. “We recognize some of the language and information could be improved. The changes will allow us to apply the policies to all clubs consistently.”
Read the full article in the May 6 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.