FUHSD board settles school newspaper court case

The Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) board of directors approved the full release and settlement agreement in the case of former Tomahawk student writers and Fallbrook Union High School at their December 14 meeting.

The case of Ariosta, et al. vs. Fallbrook Union High School District, et. al., was taken to court in November 2008 because the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed former journalism advisor David Evans and five students had their First Amendment rights violated because a story and an editorial prepared for the school newspaper were not allowed to be published....