Schools that Submitted Questions

The American Bar Association Division for Public Education would like to thank the following teachers and their students for submitting thoughtful questions for the Tinker v. Des Moines plaintiffs. The teachers responded to the ABA's request for teachers to involve their students in an "Online Conversation" with Christopher Eckhardt and Mary Beth and John Tinker, the plaintiffs in the landmark Supreme Court students' rights case of the late 1960s (see case summary).

The participating students provided a broad sample of the kinds of questions today's students have about the Tinker plaintiffs. The questions delve into the personal thoughts and experiences of three teenagers from an earlier generation (Christopher Eckhardt and Mary Beth and John Tinker) who stood up for the First Amendment rights of all students. Christopher, Mary Beth, and John all expressed their appreciation for having such interesting questions to answer.

The teachers and their schools are listed alphabetically by state.*

Laura Dand
Rancho Alamitos High School
11351 Dale St.
Garden Grove, CA 92841

Mark Elinson
Monroe High School Law and Government Magnet
9229 Haskell Avenue
North Hills, CA 91343

Donna Brown
Dewitt Clinton School
6110 N. Fairfield Ave.
Chicago, IL 60659

Deborah C. Donovan
Waynflete School
360 Spring St.
Portland, ME 04102

Charles King
St. Francis Junior High School
23026 Ambassador Blvd.
St. Francis, MN 55070

Nancy Neather
Bakersfield R-IV
P.O. Box 38/Hwy 101 & O
Bakersfield, MO 65609

Kathleen Yonker
Bowling Green High School
700 West Adams
Bowling Green, MO 63334

Mary Tyrrell
Cameron High School
1022 S. Chestnut
Cameron, MO 64429

Rebecca Richey
Cape Central Junior High School
1900 Thilenius
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Christopher Mallory
David H. Hickman High School
1104 North Providence Rd.
Columbia, MO 65203

Janet Koch
Jackson High School
315 South Missouri
Jackson, MO 63755

Heather St. Clair
Luray Elementary School
P.O. Box 248
Luray, MO 63453

Shirley Gilmore
Marquand-Zion High School
Marquand, MO 63655

Sherry Copeland
New Madrid County Central High School
310 U.S. Highway 61 South
New Madrid, MO 63869

Jennifer Jones
North Kansas City High School
620 E. 23rd Ave.
North Kansas City, MO 64116

Mary Ann Shields
Oak Grove Middle School
501 E. 12th Street
Oak Grove MO 64075

Dan Dunek
Pilot Grove High School
107 School St.
Pilot Grove, MO 65276

Coleen Mullock
Northeast Nodaway High School
PO Box 206
Ravenwood, MO 64479-0206

Mrs. Marty Graves
312 East Broadway
Smith-Cotton High School
Sedalia, MO 65301

Charles Triplett
Lindbergh High School
4900 South Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63126

Mary McCollom
Putnam County R-I HS
Route 3 Box 15
Unionville, MO 63565

Jeff Neumann
College Preparatory School of Southern New Jersey
5100 Harding Highway
Route 40
Mays Landing, NJ 08330

Xiao J. Zhu
Townsend Harris High School
149-11 Melbourne Ave.
Flushing, NY 11367

Mirla N. Morrison
Ossining High School
29 South Highland Avenue
Ossining, NY 10562

Thomas J. Kasper
Furness High School
Academy for Law, Criminal Justice, & Public Administration
3RD & Mifflin Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19148

Neil Harding
Grantsville High School
155 Cowboy Drive
Grantsville, UT 84029.

*The strong representation of Missouri schools is largely due to the cooperation of the Missouri Bar Association, which mailed information about the "Online Conversation" to 3,500 law-related education (LRE) programs around the state. We thank LRE Coordinator Millie Aulbur and her staff for their assistance.

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