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Tag: The Tomahawk

Calif. high school settles censorship lawsuit

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December 23, 2009September 5, 2018 Julia Chapman

Fallbrook Union High School District in Fallbrook, Calif. -- which censored the student newspaper, The Tomahawk, and thencanceled its journalism program and removed the journalism adviser who foughtthe censorship -- has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging violation of thestudent journalists' free-speech rights.

Tagged Calif., fallbrook, fallbrook union high school, The Tomahawk

Adviser removed at Calif. high school after challenging principal's censorship

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July 9, 2008September 5, 2018 Jimmie Collins

Administrators removed a journalism adviser fromhis position at Fallbrook High School after he defended students against twoinstances of censorship.

Tagged California, Fallbrook High School, The Tomahawk

Ind. paper to rely on submissions from English classes

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September 12, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

English class assignments, not journalistic pieces, will fill the pages of Woodlan Junior-Senior High School’s newspaperthis year, ending a battle between administrators and the student staff that started over an editorial advocating tolerance for gay people.

Tagged The Tomahawk, Woodlan Junior-Senior High School

Ousted adviser of high school paper finds new home at private school

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September 10, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

INDIANA -- In a new school where she will launch a fledgling newspaper, Amy Sorrell can finally put behind her a battle against school officials sparked by an editorial suggesting tolerance for gay people.

Tagged East Allen County Schools, Indiana, The Tomahawk, Woodlan Junior-Senior High School

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