OPINION: Questioning Sex-Ed In School

Dillon Camp and Madison Fountain
May 15, 2013 • 76 views
Filed under Our Opinion, Recent Stories, Top Story

Sex. The subject is all around us: in advertisements, in our conversations and in our education. Approximately 76,400 teenage girls are impregnated every year in Texas. In order to ensure these numbers do not continue to rise, Texas must abandon its conservative, abstinence-only platform and adopt a... Read more »

LBTV: Boston Bombings

April 24, 2013 • 12 views
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When The Government Steals Your Money

Laura Baker, Staff Writer
February 25, 2013 • 79 views
Filed under Our Opinion, Recent Stories

Two thousand years ago, if someone wanted to make everyone hate them, he’d become a tax collector. Throughout the course of history, taxes and tax collectors were associated with evil and unfairness. Colonists during the American Revolution got fed up with the unfair taxes levied on them by Great Britain;... Read more »

OPINION: Teachers With Guns Will Strengthen School Security

Kim Spaulding, Staff Writer
February 21, 2013 • 513 views
Filed under Our Opinion, Recent Stories

After the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, parents, teachers and administrators have started questioning whether schools remain safe anymore. The only way to ensure a massacre of this size won’t happen again is to arm teachers. Teachers should be allowed to carry guns... Read more »

LBTV: In Our Opinion Women in Combat

January 31, 2013 • 36 views
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Nine-Period Schedule Hinders Students’ Learning

Staff Editorial
January 3, 2013 • 116 views
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With the intent to save money, the district moved from the A-B block system to the nine-period schedule after official approval at the board meeting May 3. With the implementation of the revised schedule, the district decreased the number of teachers at established schools without having to hire many... Read more »

Off-Campus Lunches Benefit Students, District

Madison Hunter
January 3, 2013 • 708 views
Filed under Our Opinion, Recent Stories

All through middle school, students dream of McDonald's or Taco Bell for lunch instead of school lunches. However, students don’t have that opportunity here. All students must stay on campus for lunch and eat what the school provided for them or what they buy themselves. Students deserve to have some... Read more »

District-Issued iPads Distract Students In Class

Jesse Wright, Managing Editor
December 21, 2012 • 268 views
Filed under Our Opinion, Recent Stories

Ever since the district-wide deployment of iPads, numerous students, teachers and administrators have praised iPads for their effective use as a learning instrument. Conversely, many have complained about their equally effective use as nothing more than a distraction and outlet to in-class gaming, messaging... Read more »

The Importance of Elections

Jesse Wright, Assistant Editor
November 5, 2012 • 490 views
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The presidential election, the single most important election in America, often goes unnoticed by millions of individuals across the nation. Despite its significance over 36 percent of the 206 million eligible voters - more than 70 million people, over eight million of which were 18 to 24 - failed to... Read more »

Class Length Holds Students Back

Madison Fountain, Staff Writer
October 16, 2012 • 250 views
Filed under Our Opinion, Recent Stories

This year, for the first time, all of the district's high schools switched over to a 45-minute, nine-class schedule. Previously school days consisted of four classes lasting an hour and a half each. The new schedule brings about a multitude of new problems and issues, and the cons outweigh the pros in... Read more »