clownboy
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You are wrong. The valedictorian clearly represents the school, especially when the graduation itself is a school sponsored event. It's really not that complicated an issue to understand. The problem with THIS specific case is that the boy submitted a speech for pre-approval which it was, then changed his speech and did not get approval for those changes.
The school was NOT given an opportunity to provide a disclaimer in this situation.
Once again, legally speaking, the valedictorian's speech does NOT represent the school's speech. The school had ample opportunity to provide a disclaimer after the speech was done. It is NOT the valedictorian's responsibility to provide such an opportunity in the first place.
I've shown you the decision and legal analysis, it disagrees with your position.