The Norwin School District of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, voted 5-4 to remove CNN 10 as a mandatory broadcast from homeroom periods in its middle schools.
Now, as a new policy, the board will allow teachers to use discretion and broadcast patriotic videos.
Already, teachers were utilizing homeroom time to show videos aside from the 10-minute CNN broadcast, according to seventh grade global studies teacher Megan Zobb. The teacher informed the board as such, also discouraging a ban on television altogether.
Directors Christine Baverso, Alexander Detschelt, Shawna Ilagan, Raymond Kocak, and Robert Wayman were the five who voted to remove CNN 10 on Monday. Directors Darlene Ciocca, William Essay, Patrick Lynn, and Joanna Jordan were the four votes against its removal.
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Detschelt promised to ban the channel promptly after winning his election in 2021. During the meeting, Detschelt said it “leaves the door open” for a “news channel run by students in the middle school.”
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Teachers will still be able to show clips of CNN 10 should they choose. The broadcast, previously known as CNN Student News, is the network’s longest-running show, beginning in 1989.
