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Period Products Should be Plentiful in Every Bathroom
Anyone who menstruates is familiar with the panic that comes with starting a period unexpectedly without tampons or pads at hand. Luckily for the IHS…
It’s Time to Reconsider the English Core Texts System
*Correction to the following editorial: There is no rigid core text “system” across grades, as implied in the editorial, and core texts are not chosen…
The Coolness Spectrum
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Students Need More Information About 504 Plans
It is the responsibility of ICSD to provide support for all students, including neurodivergent students and students with disabilities. The district primarily does this through…
IHS Needs to Learn to Prioritize Health
With a virulent cold, the flu, and Covid creating a perfect storm, classrooms are regularly filled with the familiar sounds of coughing and sniffling. However,…
The ENL Department Must Be a Priority for ICSD
ICSD provides an extremely valuable resource for students: the English as aNew Language (ENL) department. Many students come to the district withlimited English proficiency due…
Scheduling Conflicts: Causes and Consequences
From overlapping classes and forced zero periods to packed rooms and teacher overage, this year has presented numerous scheduling-related issues. While this is an easy…
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Every year on a Thursday in early September, IHS comes back to life after a long ability to have more information in the form of their schedules…
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Cool 🙂 The New Tattler Board Outdoor Music Festivals Starting Up Again Goodbye Pandemic School High Local Vaccination Rates June 11 Graduation Cayuga Lake Still…
Haven’t We Been Through Enough?
Just as IHS students looked on hopefully toward the beginning of Spring Break two weeks ago, many noticed a significant shift in teachers’ homework policy…
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IHS Needs Black Teachers
At Ithaca High School, a school with over 100 Black students in attendance, there are zero Black teachers. In a video testimonial addressed to ICSD…
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Board of Education, Students’ Trust Requires Transparency
On November 22, 2020, Ms. Anjanette Brown, the ex-wife of superintendent Luvelle Brown, submitted more than 200 pages of emails, reports, and legal documents alleging…
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Cool April Fools edition of The Tattler! Perseverance 1C phase of vaccination School sports At-home gym no longer on Wednesdays Turtleneck syndrome Lockdown anniversary Anti-Asian…
Supporting Students Means Supporting Counselors
There are only eleven school counselors currently employed by the Ithaca City School District (ICSD), split between Ithaca High School, Boynton, DeWitt, and LACS. The…
Colleges, Pick the Right Answer: Go Test-Optional
“We are in this together. We hope to navigate these difficult times with you as you begin your college application journey,” Stanford University announced in…
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Cool February Break GME Stonks (To the Moon!) Federal Prisons no longer privatized No more subject tests! (Only) Halfway through the school year Quarantine Valentines’…
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IHS Students: Take Responsibility for your Classroom Environment
“Does anybody want to answer this question?” Silence. Five, ten, fifteen, thirty seconds pass. The teacher stares nervously at their screen, asking, pleading, begging for…
The Tattler’s View On the IPD’s Misconduct: Ithaca Must Defund and Divest
The Tattler Editorial Board condemns all forms of police brutality; in particular, we condemn the recent actions of the Ithaca Police Department. On October 22,…