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A person walks down a hallways at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton on the first day of classes being cancelled on March 16, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A person walks down a hallways at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton on the first day of classes being cancelled on March 16, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

A lawsuit has been filed by the nonprofit organization Parents Defending Education against the Sequoia Union High School District for the failure to disclose the censorship of Eli Steele’s documentary “Killing America.” This action was taken in response to a cease and desist letter student journalists at Menlo-Atherton High School sent to Steele in April for using copyrighted footage in his film.

The suit was filed on June 13 in San Mateo County Superior Court by PDE, which aims to reclaim “schools from activists promoting harmful agendas.” The organization is asking for the district to produce the records that were formally requested but were denied.  […]

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