Students Win Right to Publish Article on Principal

http://www.examiner.com/a-1353138~High_school_paper_wins_right_to_print_principal_probe_story.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC

Students have won the right to publish an article in their school paper dealing with an investigation into their principals "allegedly unethical side-business practices". The majority of the article was summarizing other articles in local papers that dealt with the princpal's dealings. The article was oringinally declined as the acting principal said it was not newsworthy as the story was covered in other papers. The superintendent overruled the acting principals decision because the students have a right to their freedom of speech and while they did not approve of the article allowed it to run. I agree with the superintendents decision to allow the article to run to allow those students who may not have had all of the information to read it from their peers point of view.