Students Disagree With Holding Oral Sex Article From Paper

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Some Noblesville High School students say they are being censored after the superintendent of Noblesville schools decided that the school paper will not be allowed to run a controversial article on oral sex.

Superintendent Dr. Lynn Lehman said the piece was not appropriate for publication in the Mill Stream, the school's paper.

The article had been placed on hold earlier this month after Noblesville High School principal Anetta Petty said an oversight committee needed to review it before publication.

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Video: Superintendent Says Article Not Appropriate

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"I think it's well written and in context, I don't think that this subject would offend people," said Jill Gingery, the paper's editor-in-chief.

Students who 6News spoke with Thursday night insisted they should get to read the article.

"It's nothing that we're not going to learn anyway or nothing that we don't know," said student Yury Diaz.

"I don't see what the big deal is about the whole issue -- like, if they want to print, they should print it," said student Adam Jump.

Lehman agreed that the subject was important to students, but not suitable for a student paper.

"Upon reading the entire article, taking it in the context of what it was saying, the context of our expectations for the community, I simply felt that it was not acceptable to be printed," Lehman said.

There had been some indication earlier that local newspapers might pick up the article instead, but 6News has learned there are no plans to do so.