Lipkis

Tom Lipkis (appellant) a student at Van Nuys High School, sought a writ of mandate compelling R. W. Caveney, principal at the high school, and the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District (respondents) to specifically permit four rallies to take place on that portion of the campus of the school known as the quad during lunch periods on subjects selected by appellant and generally to “promulgate rules and procedures . . . which will allow on a regular basis peaceable speech and assembly by students at Van Nuys High School. . . .”

The evidence showed that the school did provide facilities at lunch time for speech activities. These activities (Noon Forum, Discussion Club and Forum Club) were open to all students and, like the rallies sought by appellant, take place at lunch time on various days of the week. The trial court reflected these facts in its finding that the school does “. . . provide each student at Van Nuys High School an opportunity to discuss and criticize with propriety any issue the student desires to discuss.”

Appellant does not contest the finding that “any issue” may be discussed by the students at these (authorized) school…