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HS principal censors local paper

Published 5/27/05

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Get this: Frances Ball, the principal of Clarke County High School in Virginia, cancelled the free delivery of the local paper (the Clarke Times-Courier) to students because — horrors! — the paper reported that the school board held an illegal meeting.

Ball, well-worn jackboots in place, wasn’t making an educational decision; she was making a political one.

What’s next? If a paper endorses a candidate the principal doesn’t like, she’ll stop students from reading it? If the paper gives a bad review to her favorite restaurant, ban it?

The papers are given free to students as part of the nationwide Newspapers in Education program. (The Times-Courier is offering free delivery to students through the end of the year.)

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