Work-to-rule teaches Frederick County a lesson

April 27, 2012
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By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer High school students’ school days are from 7:30 in the morning to 2:15 in the afternoon. They come to school, do the work that is given to them (or, depending on the student, don’t do it) and leave. They go home and do (or don’t do) the homework that... Read more »

Senior Countdown Begins

April 17, 2012
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By Ayla Mulvey Round Table reporter It is common knowledge that senior year is the most exciting time of a teenager’s life, but it can also be the most stressful. High school students have been working hard for three long years, trying to get good grades in hopes of applying and being accepted to... Read more »

Sleeping with students is class-less

April 13, 2012
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By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer Sexual harassment by teachers, coaches or other school faculty of students in schools across the United States is an ongoing problem. As recently as February of this year, a teacher in Florida was arrested for inappropriate sexual contact with a student. It... Read more »

Shreve’s library plan faces stacks of issues

March 14, 2012
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By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer Frederick County commissioner Billy Shreve announced his proposal to shut down the Walkersville Public Library and move it next door into the Walkersville Middle School last week.“It perplexes me that we have one library at Walkersville Middle School and... Read more »

Shooting to fame over shooting laptop

February 24, 2012
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By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer  A YouTube video posted in early February shot Tommy Jordan of North Carolina to fame. In the video, Jordan addresses the note that his 15-year-old daughter, Hannah, wrote and then posted on Facebook. Jordan created the video to teach his daughter a... Read more »

Racy yearbook photos rejected

February 15, 2012
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  By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer   In early January, Colorado high school senior, Sydney Spies, claimed that her high school unfairly censored her. Spies’ school allows students to submit their own personal portraits to appear as their senior portrait in the yearbook, but Spies’... Read more »

Senioritis can get the best of seniors

January 24, 2012
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By Ayla Mulvey Round Table reporter It is common knowledge that senior year is the most exciting, but stressful time of a teenager’s life. High school students have been working hard for three long years trying to get good grades in hopes of applying, and being accepted, to their dream school. Some... Read more »

All work and no play: is it really worth it?

January 13, 2012
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By Ana Billotti Round Table editor Sometimes in life people have to do things that they dislike rather than things that they love. This can be doing anything from working, to homework, going to school, or even attending meetings that the person is utterly uninterested in. Life can’t be... Read more »

Sleeping through first period: school starts way too early

January 12, 2012
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By Blair Donald Round Table Broadcast Producer The debate over the time that school should start for high school students is one that seems to appear periodically without ever accomplishing anything. The argument is that high school students statistically need more sleep than younger students,... Read more »

Current interests help decide future career

January 9, 2012
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By Ayla Mulvey Round Table reporter “You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great... Read more »