Ohio Principal Enforces Ban on "Dirty Dancing"

A Principal in Ohio reportedly announced plans to enforce a ban on "dirty dancing" at an upcoming winter formal by requiring students to sign a pledge that they will not "grind" on the dance floor.  The prohibition takes aim at students whose style "simulates sex on the dance floor."

Courts have given school officials increasing latitude in recent years to regulate student conduct, but I wonder how this restriction would be enforced, and whether there's a potential vagueness problem here.  Speaking to Fox News, the Principal expressed concern that students are "grinding [and] rubbing," adding that "its just inappropriate, and we're not going to tolerate that."  But whether "grinding" or "rubbing" "simulates sex" I suppose is a question of degree, and how are students to tell the difference between permissible moving and grooving, and an impermissible bump and grind? 

In the end it might not matter that much given that students opposed to the policy are (predictably) planning to boycott the dance.

-Kathleen A. Bergin