in 2012 jay childers wrote that the quality of the publication and the publishing frequency of the "beacon" declined as the school had increased difficulties. historically the school administration did not, and still does not, review "beacon" articles prior to publication, even though the u.s. supreme court in hazelwood v. kuhlmeier stated that principals have the right to have control over newspaper content. in august 2015 principal kimberly martin announced that the newspaper would be required to allow her and her staff to review all articles before publication. this led to protests from students, including a change.org petition. the newspaper staff criticized and stated opposition to the proposal. by september martin and the co-editors agreed to end the prior review plan. martin had cancelled publication of a newspaper article at her previous school in colorado.