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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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School publications across Northern Virginia are at risk to be censored by their school districts.

Censorship Threatens Papers Throughout ACPS and FCPS

The Editorial Board May 5, 2025

Censorship has been rearing its ugly head across the nation. For instance, earlier in the year, The Washington Post editorial writers were instructed to focus the paper's opinion page only on stories in defense of free market principles and personal liberties...

Students Voices Need to be Heard

Students Voices Need to be Heard

The Editorial Board Mar 3, 2018

We are The West Potomac Wire. We write about things like bake sales and club fairs and soccer games. We should not have to cover a shooting in our own school in the same pages.   This is the reality of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School....