veritas exquirere

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veritas exquirere

Talon

veritas exquirere

Talon

Friday: spirit week and North Korea’s fifth nuclear test

Michelle Chen and Yael Kaufman September 9, 2016

Happy Friday, Oak Park. Here’s what you need to know to wrap up your week and begin your weekend: This week: volleyball and football The girls’ volleyball team lost both games this week against...

Monday: upcoming games and Hermine

Michelle Chen and Yael Kaufman September 6, 2016

Happy Monday, Oak Park. Here’s what you need to know to wrap up your weekend and begin your week: Last week: Eagles’ volleyball and football successful Girls’ volleyball won both of their games...

Friday: club week and Clinton’s emails

Michelle Chen and Yael Kaufman September 2, 2016

Happy Friday, Oak Park. Here’s what you need to know to wrap up your week and begin your weekend:   This week: girls’ volleyball and club week The girl’s varsity volleyball team won both...

Death of District of Choice bill could diminish parent choice

August 31, 2016

Segregation into a chaotic special education classroom environment was not what they had been looking for. “[The school from our district of residence] never had a goal of integrating him into a normal...

The death of the bill

August 31, 2016

Sixteen state legislators converged to hear the future of hundreds of state bills Aug. 11 — marking the a semi-annual event. Less than half of the bills, not including SB 1432, passed by the end of...

The history of District of Choice

August 31, 2016

Enacted in California in 1993, the District of Choice program was established to generate more school choice for students and parents and to combat the charter school movement. Supporters argued that parents...

District to District: examining equity in the District of Choice program

August 31, 2016

The District of Choice bill died Aug. 11 due to its alleged worsening of socioeconomic and racial inequalities. “[The DOC program] exacerbates the unequal system of haves-and-have-nots in our public...

A grandfather clause

August 31, 2016

A new bill, titled AB 1771, was introduced a week after SB 1432 was killed. However, this new bill has not yet passed. “[AB 1771] would allow those DOC students to be grandfathered, meaning they would...

Riley Battin: District of Choice varsity basketball player

Medha Vallurupalli, Graduated Print and Online Editor-in-Chief August 31, 2016

Oak Park junior Riley Battin may be forced to return to his home school district, Conejo Valley Unified, due to the suspension of the District of Choice program. Battin entered Oak Park Unified School...

Monday: Football victorious and VMA results announced

Michelle Chen and Yael Kaufman August 29, 2016

Happy Monday, Oak Park. Here’s what you need to know to wrap up your weekend and begin your week: Last Week: Oak Park football victorious Oak Park’s football team defeated Beverly Hills Friday,...

Ken Paulson helps a student with a wood shop project (Meghana Mudunuri/Talon).

Paulsons to retire

Vaishnavi Tippireddy and Medha Vallurupalli May 25, 2016

Ken and Toni Paulson plan to retire after working at the high school for 10 and 26 years respectively. “It’s time to change it up while we are still young enough,” wood shop and architecture teacher...

Friday: Prom upcoming and Trump splits GOP

Medha Vallurupalli and Julian Lehrer May 6, 2016

Happy Friday, Oak Park. Here’s what you need to know to wrap-up your week and begin your weekend: Last week: Eagles baseball suffers fourth straight loss After achieving its first division win April...

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