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Kan. adviser resigns in protest after principal refuses to allow police report in newspaper
Emily Summars
Studenr Press Law Center
Arlington, Va.
April 13, 2012
KANSAS - Andale High School’s journalism adviser has resigned in protest after she refused to rewrite or pull a controversial student newspaper article about an alcohol-related car crash.
Two 16-year-old students were hospitalized after the January crash, which is listed as a DUI in a police report, according to the local Clarion newspaper. The wreck became the center of student attention, said journalism adviser Pilar Pedraza, who obtained a copy of the report for the student newspaper.
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