Editorial: Lack of Useful Seminar is Harmful to Students
Students are struggling to find time to make up work due to lack of seminar.
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Editorial: Students Should Try to Keep the School Clean
With janitorial staff at a new low, students should make effort to clean up.
Editorial: District Should Make Even More Changes to Provide Healthier Lunch Foods
New nutrition guidelines prompt cafeteria to shrink portion sizes and include healthier options.
Non-honors Students at East Seem to be Shoved Under the Rug
Some students go forgotten in the halls of Shawnee Mission East. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Lancers painstakingly work to continue Shawnee Mission East’s standard of excellence, achieving a level unprecedented to many schools around the country. As for the non-honors students, the ones who may be perfectly talented or [...]
Cuts in Special Education Department are Inexcusable
For the next school year, the district has placed 139 teachers on excess; 13 of them are from East. Four of the 13 of those teachers are in the special education department; it’s unacceptable that one department of 12 represents 30 percent of the teachers placed on excess. In excess, [...]
Editorial: Encourage the Arts, Don’t Cut Them
See the editorial cartoon below the article. Precedence is everything. The domino effect of big decisions can extend far beyond their intended impact. After a recent decision by our state’s governor, the importance of arts have been greatly diminished in the eyes of the public, unfortunate as it may be. [...]
Snowy Weather Creates Dangerous Parking Lots
The school and district should do a better job of preparing the lots and directing traffic in winter weather.
Larger Class Sizes Will Hurt Middle Schoolers
The merging of Indian Hills and Mission Valley will hurt students once they hit high school.
Editorial: Class Rank Should Be Eliminated
Class rank is not an accurate representation of student
achievement and should be eliminated by the District
District’s Lack of Decision-making is Insensitive to Students and Teachers
My teacher said it’s probably going to be Mission Valley. No, I heard it’s Indian Hills, since Mission Valley just got that new library. Well, my friend’s mom said it’s definitely Mission Valley. In the weeks leading up to the release of superintendent Gene Johnson’s boundary change and school closure [...]
East sports fans deserve praise
Consider this your pat on the back, East sports fans. Students and the administration have done a great job of supporting our teams and creating a positive fan environment.
Announcements This Year Have Been Inexcusably Ineffectual
In the attempt for video announcements, the administration has left students in the dark about the goings-on of the school.
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