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Students, board weigh journalism class and school newspaper rules
Summary
Board members, students and parents discussed a proposed journalism course and the district's student-publication policy after student journalists said the current rules limit their work. The administration said it will finish a course framework by April and recommended the board revisit NEOLA policy for student media.
The Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education and community members discussed plans to create a journalism course at Mentor High School and whether the district's student-publication policy should be amended to give student journalists greater editorial freedom.
Students and school newspaper advisers urged the board not to fold the student-run “Cardinal Nation” newspaper entirely into a for-credit class, saying many current contributors take heavy schedules and could not fit a daily or semester class into their timetables. Several students told the board that converting the club into only a daytime class would prevent many from participating and asked the district to…
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