seems to me / the state law (EdCode) is pretty clear, and the principal violated it

So, MVLA Board (majority) and President Failace, show some Respect for Law, get some New Legal Advice from a legal firm that works as a Free (student) Speech proponent, backtrack, and end this with a minimal Public Tax Revenue hit. Many of us taxpayers - do not want the MVLA district to use our 'school money' to fight this "administrators battle." Board (majority), is this really the battle You want to fight with students about? Spend tens of thousands for legal costs?

[removing the "libelous" content, purported minor suspect's name, one good administrative act]

So proud of these kids for standing up for what’s right.

This is settled law in the federal courts even if there weren't California laws extending journalistic freedom to student newspapers! The teachers and the students involved are heroes for standing up the bad acts of the prinicpal.

Just catching up all this, so a few questions:

1. Are high school student papers allowed to publish names of minor students who are accused of sexual harassment by fellow students (unless of course, there is a police report.) I don't think they are.
2. Was Gomez the student paper's advisor at the time when the students had the named the minor students in the article?
3. If so, it should have been Gomez's responsibility to advise the student writers on that very important aspect of this rather matter.

Glazer should not have had to step in and do Gomez's job for her and ask students to remove names which could have led to very serious and costly problems for the school.

Glazer probably shouldn't have said anything about writing about uplifting things (not a crime) but I certainly wouldn't hire Gomez for anything. I'm glad she is not advisor anymore because she kinda failed at a a very basic aspect of it.

A whole much-a-do about nothing as usual in this entitled society. And now district (aka students) stuck with lawyer bills.

So sick of this nonsense.

What is confusing is the changing standards regarding reporting.

Fortunately some place archive hard copy, somehow this publication removed accurate reporting in the past.

Regrading a police report. These reports are never erased. only unless by court order.