Journalism according to daddy

So I talked to my dad about how SFUSD doesn't want to talk to us. He said that when someone won't talk to a reporter, the journalist should just go after it harder, since they might have something to hide. He also said we should write to the superintendent. I told him that our spiffy journalism teacher (SJT) told us it would probably get us all in trouble with the principal, including herself. And everyone loves SJT. But my dad said that as a government employee, she was obligated to tell us not to, and as journalists, we were obligated to investigate no matter the consequences ( you know, so long as they dont endager my chances at lowell). i tried to point out that this wasn't even my articles, but he kept on going on about how asking questions to the superintendent or school board isn't against the law. well, duh, but its middle school, where they're always arbitrarily enforcing silly and sometimes imaginary rules. and the principal has been known to summon the writers of articles she doesn't like to the office for a lecture. and i mean., sure, they can't really do much more than that, but at the moment i really enjoy the way teachers and counselors are always nice to me. also, if they called my parents........well you can guess how my dad would react. and my mom would be the same. actually, id probably have to stop my dad from yelling at the principal. as my brother has said, some scandal about hoover trying to censor me would just give me something to write college apllication essays about. But seriously, anything I'm not allowed to write about I'll just post here.
~m

SFUSD WON'T TALK TO US

Myself and E, researching for her story on late buses, ran into some serious problems when we tried to contact the transportation department. First we got the receptionist. He wouldn't talk once he heard we were reporters, and he transfered us to a supervisor. The supervisor also clammed up at the mention of E's article, and transfered us to the director, Dennis Garden, who wan't there, so we left a message and got transfered back to the receptionist. We did tis about 5 times before they'd even give us the directors name. Why are they so afraid of a student newspaper? Then again, maybe its just confusion. I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist.
~M