Staff Editorial: Discrimination lawsuit needs more attention, student input
October 11, 2018
Filed under Staff Editorials
Last fall, the district was charged by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights for discrimination against students of color and disabled students for disciplinary action. Suspensions and expulsions of these groups were found to be higher than white and non-disabled students at Park. According to...
District to reduce suspension disparities
Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff
October 9, 2018
According to Superintendent Astein Osei, the St. Louis Park School District was one of many districts in Minnesota that were notified about discrimination violations by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. “They found St. Louis Park to be one of 43 school districts in the state that had a di...
Spring break misses passover by a week
April 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Opinion Columns
This year, spring break was from March 22 until April 1. The break covered Easter and only two days of Passover, which ended on April 7. Passover is an important Jewish holiday where the first two days and the last two days of the eight-day holiday are called “yom tov” (the translation is hol...
Grace Farley, Abby Intveld, and Dani Orloff
As senior Sophia Davenport reflects on the surge of youth-led activism this past year, she said she believes it is important for student voice to be heard and acknowledged. “Since we can’t...
For senior Jack Ostrovsky, the government shutdown is more than simply a news headline. According to Ostrovsky, his father, a federal worker for the Internal Revenue Service, has been out of work for three...
Assistant coach Zach Strouts said despite the slow start the team showed potential throughout the third period. “I think the team had a good period where they competed because they wanted it more...
According to an email from District communications director Sara Thompson Jan. 15, high school students were evacuated from the building at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 due to an electrical fire in the cafeteria...
