Tamalpais Union High School District: Administrators launch probe into student newspaper’s cover photo, demands students take down Instagram post

On February 4, high school student newspaper The Redwood Bark published a front-page photo of students holding a protest sign critical of Zionism. On March 4, a school district official announced that the paper was subject to a harassment and discrimination investigation because of the image. Separately, The Bark posted local towns mentioned in the Epstein files on Instagram and included the name of a French national found in the files. The Redwood High principal directed the adviser to take down the post. The post was archived but was ultimately restored. FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative wrote to the superintendent to remind the school district of its obligations to protect the rights of student journalists under California’s Student Free Expression Law, and called on the district to end its investigation and other acts of censorship.