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Student journalists press for adviser authority; board tables library selection policy
Summary
Student journalists from Pine View and other schools urged the board to revise policy 4.51 to give advisers publication approval authority; the board tabled a separate library media selection policy (4.22) for further work and approved an unrelated home‑education participation policy (4.72).
Student journalists and advisers from Pine View High School and other district schools asked the Sarasota County School Board on Sept. 16 to revise district policy so that journalism advisers — rather than site administrators — would hold initial editorial approval over student publications.
Students described administrative sign‑off on dozens of school publications as a bottleneck that adds deadlines and limits coverage. “Our revised policy would make the journalism adviser of the class responsible for all content published,…
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