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Lewiston Blocks Students Blog Site

Item: Lewiston High students respond to censure: Students get First Amendment lesson after school district blocks Web site/Kerri Sandaine, Lewiston Tribune

More Info: The blog violated district policies regarding anonymity, said Principal Bob Donaldson. Anonymity is not allowed on the online network, because the district believes individuals must be 100 percent responsible for their words and actions, according to the policy. "The network policy serves to protect the district and the students who attend the schools within the district," he said. "I don't think the block was personal to the Purr. It was just what (the district) would do regardless of a link out there that didn't meet the standards of the policy."

Question: Did the school district do the right thing in blocking the blog site proposed by the Lewiston High School student newspaper?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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