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Get to Know Your New School Board Members

Get to Know Your New School Board Members

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor January 31, 2024

Last November, voters selected four members to the school board: Kriston Brighton, Curt Herrman, Katie Allen and Greg Hoyt. With Allen and Hoyt being new to the school board, we wanted the student body...

School Board Election Preview and Policy Goals

School Board Election Preview and Policy Goals

Advith Natarajan, Managing Editor October 26, 2023

With school board elections just around the corner, here is what you need to know.  This year, there are four seats up for reelection and 10 contenders vying for a spot. The 10 candidates on the...

Sophomore Charles Keenan walks among other MHS students, some masked and some unmasked, after the mandate was lifted on Feb. 24.

USD 383 lifts mask mandate for K-12 schools

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief February 18, 2022

USD 383 entered their first maskless week since pre-COVID for middle and elementary students and the beginning of the second semester for high school students last Tuesday, Feb. 22. The Board of Education...

USD 383 school board elects positions

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2022

Curt Herman and Darrell Edie were elected USD 383 School Board President and Vice President respectively in the meeting on Wednesday, defeating former Vice President Kristen Brighton for President and...

Mask mandates ends with support of medical advisory

Mask mandates ends with support of medical advisory

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2021

Manhattan High students entered East and West campuses with masks optional for the first time in over a year on Monday, sparking a debate between safety and personal liberty.  For most of the pandemic,...

Mask mandate extended to Oct. 22

Mask mandate extended to Oct. 22

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief September 15, 2021

The USD 383 universal mask mandate was extended to at least Oct. 22 at the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday. The motion passed 5-2 with Kristin Brighton, Katrina Lewison, Curt Herman, Karla Hagemiester...

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