Question

what is the best summary of this paragraph?
the school only began to ban political items after the students wore black armbands.
all political items were banned at that school.
the school did not stop other students from wearing political items.
vocabulary support:
purport means to claim to do something.
it is also relevant that the school authorities did not purport to prohibit the wearing of all symbols of political or controversial significance. the record shows that students in some of the schools wore buttons relating to national political campaigns, and some even wore the iron cross, traditionally a symbol of nazism. the order prohibiting the wearing of armbands did not extend to these.
-justice abe fortas
tinker v. des moines
february 24, 1969

Explanation:

The paragraph states that the school authorities did not prohibit all political or controversial symbols. It gives examples of students wearing buttons related to national political campaigns and the Iron Cross (a Nazi symbol), which were not banned. The ban on armbands did not extend to these other items.

Answer:

The school did not stop other students from wearing political items.