By: (AP) A high school principal ordered the student newspaper to remove an editorial questioning why a relative of a nominee for homecoming queen was allowed to help count votes.
"The purpose of the newspaper is to encourage, not to put people down," said Principal Larry McDonald of Southern High School. "It's not to belittle and berate your classmates."
The author of the editorial, senior Tamara White, said she wanted to tell students the full story behind the selection.
"I didn't belittle anybody," White said. "I was there to set the record straight."
White wrote in the
Spear & Shield that the faculty member in question shouldn't have counted votes.
The newspapers were distributed to the school's 1,450 students Wednesday without the opinion piece and accompanying homecoming photographs.
McDonald said the editorial was poorly researched, in part because no one interviewed him about the vote counting. He said he will review future issues of the newspaper before they are printed and stop the publication of articles if necessary.
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