Student Who Mimicked Teacher on Instagram Gets Suspension Upheld

A high school student’s ten-day suspension for impersonating his science teacher on Instagram was upheld by a federal appeals court.

The Instagram account started off during a weekend with a biography of a teacher, but after the minor—whose name was not identified in court documents—gave his two friends the password, the posts entered graphic, violent, and discriminatory territory overnight, according to the opinion. The student deleted the account during the next school day, but not before it came to the school’s attention and eventually resulted in a ten day suspension.

The student’s father, Jason Kutchinski, sued in the US District ...