There is no longer such a thing as bi-partisanship or even non-partisanship anymore in our society. Everything has a political agenda. This applies to local school boards, county offices and propositions. Washington D.C. is experiencing a time of extreme partisanship and polarization that trickles down to even the average citizen– and student. The goals…
Students of Sequoia Middle School gathered around, eager to listen to their monthly podcast. Karla Stevenson, teacher at Sequoia Middle School, hosted a podcast for her class on Oct. 9. Members of The Arrow, The Lancer and The Prowler, three high school newspapers in the Conejo Valley Unified School District, were interviewed. The three…
Angie Simpson What experience do you think has prepared you to be on the school board? I was a teacher here in the Conejo Valley Unified School District, I taught English, Dance, coached Volleyball, I was onsight counsel, so as a grassroots candidate, I understand the real day-to-day of what’s happening in the classroom…
Drawing by Sam Church/With Permission. This cartoon needs a caption – by you! Each month, the Prowler will present a new cartoon on our website where you can submit your most clever caption ideas. The winning caption will be presented in the following issue of the Panther Prowler. Any person of any age is…
We are the ones most impacted by school board decisions, and we are the ones with the responsibility of electing officials who will not only hear our suggestions but also listen and implement them. We are tasked with selecting trustees that are deserving of our trust to fulfill our needs with moral integrity. Students,…
First Amendment rights do not stop at the schoolhouse gate. This was a common mantra among student protesters during the 1960s as the Vietnam War prompted conflicts between school publications and administration. Articles containing anti-war sentiments were censored, so teachers and advisers worked to find a way to allow students to express their opinions…
In October, we wrote an editorial demanding that the United States government take action on gun control to prevent another tragedy like the Las Vegas shooting. We are writing another editorial because the Feb. 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School made it clear that action is still needed. In a neighborhood…
The school board’s vote to censure board trustee Mike Dunn is a much-needed response to his threats and offensive emails. However, we’ve seen him censured before, in 2007, and it did nothing to inhibit his future mistreatment of constituents. In reality, censuring Dunn is only a formal condemnation from the board, and it does…
Solar is often seen as uneconomic and unviable to the consumer. It is expensive to install the panels, especially over a larger surface area. To a school district with thousands of square feet of flat roof space, installation of solar seems like the ideal dream that is as impractical as it is wonderful. However,…
According to the Atlantic, as of 2014 there are over one billion websites on the internet, and trends suggest this number is still growing. There are billions of Google searches a day, and Internet Live Stats reports that there were 1,321,777,390 gigabytes of internet traffic before 7:12 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30. By 7:15…