Opinion

With in-person learning beginning to resemble what school looked like before the pandemic, it would be expected that testing would revert to normal, closed-book testing. Several math teachers in AP Calculus AB and AP Statistics, however, are now adopting a rough/final draft system for tests in order to ease the transition between remote and in-person […]

Is a school lunch potato worth $5? $5 — baked potato, the school lunch menu read.  Beneath the aluminum foil, I expected — at the very least — a fluffy, golden potato topped with sour cream, bacon, butter and cheese.  As I removed the foil, my high hopes for potato nirvana were crushed. It was […]

Students may recall a wondrous feeling of freedom upon hearing the bell ring at the end of second period on Friday during the first week of school, signaling the start of tutorial. Most students then remember the sudden drop in their stomach when their second-period teacher proceeded to inform the class that all students had […]

In the stressful year of online learning, the novel rough/final draft testing format has revolutionized test-taking. In this system, students take the test during class as a rough draft graded on completion; they then revise their rough draft with an open-book policy to be submitted as a final draft for test credit.  This new form […]

California governor recall elections, such as the one Newsom faced on Sept. 14, are simply political maneuvers by a minority of overzealous conservatives in a predominantly blue state. Given the ease of starting a recall in the state, they occur with astonishing frequency. Not only does this repeatedly distract the incumbent governor from running the […]

This year, the school board elected to change the bell schedule in order to shore up the instructional minutes at both Saratoga and Los Gatos, among other reasons. Although well-intentioned, from a student’s perspective, the new bell schedule limits productivity and instead creates a new set of issues: most notably, inconsistencies across Red and Blue […]

The last four weeks of school have been a slog, and that is generous.

Bringing awareness without providing specific ways to take action leaves issues the same as it was before.

Students’ mental health will not improve if the district continues to ignore the issue; it’s time to address it.