Schools with student media as designated public forums by policy
or practice
• Harrisburg High School
Harrisburg, IL
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• Lafayette High School
Lafayette, MO
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• Lynbrook High School
San Jose, CA
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• Upper Arlington High School
Upper Arlington, OH
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• Washington High School
Washington, IA
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• Francis Howell Central High School
St. Charles, MO
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• Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, MO
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• Mira Costa High School
Manhattan Beach, CA
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• Grand Junction High School
Grand Junction,CO
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• Chantilly High School
Chantilly, VA
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• Bloomington North High School
Bloomington, IN
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• Vacaville Christian High School
Vacaville, CA
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• Harvard-Westlake School
Hollywood, CA
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• Spokesman-Review all-school paper
Spokane, WA
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• Owensboro High School
Owensboro, KY
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• Jordan High School
Durham, NC
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• Olathe North High School
Olathe, KS
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• Clayton High School
Clayton, MO
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• Gahr High School
Cerritos, CA
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The definition of a forum:
For student media to be designated as a public/student forum, the school must either:
• Have a school board- or administrator-enacted policy stating students make final content decisions of protected speech*, or
• Have a student media-generated policy declaring students make all final content decisions and also indicating/verifying that practice has been in effect at least two years, and there is no district or building policy that directly contradicts that practice. During that time, no adult, including the adviser, other faculty members, administrators or publication boards have dictated or changed content
In both situations, the advisers may, as part of the coaching process, offer advice and comment, but not make final content decisions
* The policy can still limit unprotected speech such as libel, obscenity and substantially disruptive material, but it must give other content control to the students