Editorial: Responding to Opinions Shared Via Social Media
What the government, district and students can learn from Emma Sullivan’s “tweet heard ’round the world.”
Editorials
Editorial: Sex Education Should Begin at a Younger Age
Schools and parents need to begin sex education earlier to better prepare students.
Editorial: Teachers with Multiple Spots on Payroll Costing the School
Budget cuts here, budget cuts there. Thirteen teachers were let go last year, causing a rise in class sizes to an average of about 30 students. It’s hard to not feel the effects of the slashed budget. The closing of Mission Valley and two other elementary schools has pushed the [...]
Editorial: MIP Punishments are Counterproductive
Current punishments for MIPs only give students more free time to misbehave.
Editorial: Lack of Useful Seminar is Harmful to Students
Students are struggling to find time to make up work due to lack of seminar.
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.
Adam Lowe
Alex Lamb
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