Mindful of privacy issues, many school districts have policies in place that govern media access, but districts also must take care that these policies do not leave them vulnerable to legal …

Most of the journalists I’ve encountered over my 25 years in the newspaper business have shunned attention, preferring instead to let the subjects of their stories and photographs get top billing. But this week, I’m yanking them out of the background because they deserve a little bit of fanfare.