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Summerville High student asks Dorchester 2 board to adopt student-media policy, citing Hazelwood precedent
Summary
A student lead editor urged the board to adopt a policy classifying student media as a limited public forum to protect student journalistic rights after the advisor reported censorship of coverage involving a local hunting accident.
A Summerville High School student and lead editor for the school’s weekly news program told the Dorchester School District 2 board on March 10 that the district lacks a written policy governing student-led media and asked trustees to adopt one to protect student journalistic rights.
Solomon Mott said his program, WAVE TV, is “entirely student led and student created” and described an incident in which advisers were instructed that student media should not cover “violence, crime, or anything negative” — guidance he said amounted to…
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