Day: October 14, 2022

Herl Pursues Her Passions

BY SYDNEY SNELSON Back in elementary school, I played basketball for IYAA. My mom was the coach, and our team consisted of girls from multiple schools around the district. Although teams were based on grade level, sometimes, when a younger athlete didn’t have a pool large enough to […]

The Phone Policy Dilemma

BY ADAM PRESTON Unfair, destructive, volatile, fair, justifiable, and sound are descriptions of our current cell phone policy within the Independence School District from students and staff. Generally speaking, most would agree that the phone policy in its current iteration is in poor shape. Whether it is inconsistent […]