Opinions Student Prints 5

Connor Creighton (senior) – “It’s pretty cool. But the first offense needs to be something lighter than two days of ISS.”

Maggie McComish (sopho-more) – “I like it, but stu-

dents shouldn’t have them out in class since we have more privileges.”

What do you think about the new cell phone policy?

Tavarus McCline (freshman) – “It’s cool because in middle

school we couldn’t use them at all, and I

like using it at lunch.”

Alie Davis (freshman) – “It’s cool, in middle school we didn’t have the opportunity to use it and my mom can finally talk to me dur-

ing the day. She likes that.”

Chris Simon (junior) – “It’s cool because if you have an important text, you can read it.”

Emily Dyer (junior) – “It’s

better in case you need to contact a parent.”

Kelly Peterein (junior) – “I

think it’s a bad idea. It encourages people to text in class.”

Rachel Pearson (senior) – “It doesn’t help.

Students will still have them [cellphones] out

in class, and now there is a long wait-ing list for ISS.”

Panther Growlstory and photos jessie franklinPhoto Editor

Staff Editorial

The Mehlville School Districts recently invested a hefty amount of time and money to remodel the entire dis-trict website, including all the individual school websites, elementary to senior high, under its umbrella. Among the changes are neatly school-color coordi-nated pages (Mehlville is green, Oakville gold, etc), miniature events calenders and a general modern streamlined upgrade to the whole look of things. The Student Prints staff decided to weigh in on what the district did right, and what work still has to be done to make the new site more user-friendly.

What the district did right: •Sleek, easy on the eyes new look and layout •Pages appear to load faster •Features full monthly lunch and break-fast menus in daily detail •Access to library resources such as Gale Databases, Newsbank and World Book •Teacher log-in that displays all classes •Upcoming events sidebar is up-to-date and helpful, easy to read •Google powered language selection tool in the upper left hand corner •Select files/forms availabl67e for down-load, such as:Newsletters, upcoming events/activities applications, t-shirt order forms, fund-

raiser information, college planning pack-ets, and other assorted informationWhat still needs improvement: •Mismatched fonts and colors, no con-sistency •Not many “Links” available to accom-pany information, that sidebar is usually empty, links to related places outside the district website would be helpful •Staff roster has no departments, catego-ries , pictures or titles for individuals as it previously did •Header pictures are old and rarely change, still using 2+ year old photos of people long graduated •Harder to navigate, but maybe we’re just used to it the old way

*survey based on 115 students.

*second chart based on students who answered YES to first chart.

What Food Choices Do People Purchase?

Have You Tried the New Vending Machines?

SAME JUNK

EITHER OPTION

HEALTHIER OPTION

67%

19% 14%

47% 53%

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yes