Iowa City, IA
Vol. 101
December 21, 2022
Issue 2
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Naloxone Approved at ICCSD By Hattie Conover The Iowa City Community School District has recently unanimously approved a drug called Naloxone to be kept in schools and administered by licensed nurses and trained staff members. This drug can be distributed by way of injection or nasal spray to treat overdoses in schools. “Naloxone comes in various forms but we’ll be getting it as an intranasal medication which is just
sprayed in the nose. It is atomizing so that you absorb it pretty quickly.” Suzi Wilkes, the school nurse, said. Opioid use depresses the part of the brain that controls breathing, and when too much is administered, it can cause an overdose. Naloxone blocks the opioid receptors, which reverses the effects of the opioid, ceasing the depression...
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New Fighting Policy Hits City High By John Weigel and Thomas Ksobiech
City High Expands With
New Parking City High opened a new parking lot in response to students parking in restriced areas
By Diego Loria-Eivins On Monday, December 5th the new parking lot where Hoover once stood, opened up for City High Students to park in. The new parking lot named the “Hoover Lot”, offers over 200 new spots for students to park in. “Over the last couple of years, construction and the growing size of City High has made parking a challenge,” said Principal John Bacon. All vehicles must be registered to park in any City High parking lot and must display a City High parking sticker. Registration is free and can be completed in the main office quickly. With the growing size of City High and limited parking options provided in the past, students have been improvising new parking spots along curbs, in the grass, on the cement islands, cross walks, in traffic lanes, and in no parking zones. Beginning December 5th, all vehicles must be parked in a designated parking space. If a vehicle is not in a designated parking space, an attempt to contact the owner of the vehicle will be made. If the vehicle is not moved, it will be towed at the expense of the owner. The lower level doors of the cafeteria will be opened to provide an entrance for students coming from the Hoover Lot. Mr. Bacon encourages students to give the Hoover Lot a try.
After a rise of fighting among students at all ICCSD schools, a new policy regarding fighting, physical aggression, and assault has been released to relieve the rise of incidents. After the first fight students will now have a behavior contract that can include losing a phone for 30 days. After the second fight students will attend online school for
30 days. If a third fight occurs after returning from online school students will attend 60 days of online school. The email from the district went on to explain they are to support students and provide a safe place for all students to learn. “We really want to eliminate physical fighting in the building. That has no place here. It has no place in our high schools...
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STAFF EDITORIAL: Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Won’t Work
By Isaac Bullwinkle and Tai Caputo . One of the most contentious issues across the country in the last few months has been that of free speech -- especially relating to the extent to which social media platforms must protect it. One recent event which has caused significant developments in the free speech
debate is the acquisition of Twitter by multi-billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Mr. Musk’s decision to acquire Twitter...
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