LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The school district of a northwest Arkansas high
school that suspended its student newspaper after it published an article
alleging improper transfers by football players has said district administrators
are reviewing the issue.
A spokesman for the school district said Monday the district was not involved in the paper’s suspension.
Buzzfeed News first reported Saturday Har-ber High School in Springdale, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, ceased the Har-ber Herald’s publication after students reported following a monthlong investigation that five football players from Har-ber transferred and at least two of them acknowledged they did so to have a better chance of laying football. This would violate district policy.
The article was taken down from the paper’s website, and principal Paul Griep
told the paper’s adviser nothing could be published until new guidelines were created.
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