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Recent Busing Failures in PUSD
Why your bus never came
As any student whose gone on a field trip recently can attest, Pasadena High School has problems with school busing. Buses show up late, or even not at all, leaving students and staff waiting. Even when reservations have been made for buses in far advance, buses sometimes cancel last minute, a day o...
Maternity Leave in PUSD
In any institution, one of the most influential policies, next to wages and anti-harassment codes, is undoubtedly maternity leave. For those unaware, maternity leave refers to a means by which an employee who is scheduled to have a child will be able to take paid time off in order to care for their ...
A Look at the State of Modern Curriculum
As the new year begins, many people are looking forward, trying to find ways to improve themselves and lead better lives. In a similar vein, it is important that we examine not only ourselves, but also those institutions which govern much of our lives, and education is no exception. What we learn in...
Faculty and Administrative Pay In Education
Salaries in Education
Common in modern political discourse is the issue around education and the salaries of the educators and administrators who run it. A concern often brought forth is the idea that faculty and administrators are not paid adequately in proportion to the service they provide. A concerned audience may ve...
Devious Licks
A Dangerous, Destructive Trend
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have most likely heard of TikTok trend of committing “Devious licks”. You might be wondering what exactly a “Devious lick” is - the answer had no correlation to what the name suggests. A “Devious lick’ is an action in which a student will steal school pr...