Going to college is fun and exciting, but paying for it is not. There are various opportunities out there to keep your piggy bank from being empty. One opportunity would be scholarships. Students get the chance to get help for paying college costs. “It is a gift that they get so the expenses[of college] are [...]
Archive for March 1st, 2010
Random Drug Testing a Big Mistake
Drug testing has been around the world of sports ever since the steroid era of baseball in the early 2000′s. The drug tests have grown more complex and can now detect more banned substances than ever before. With all this new drug testing technology, the Black River Falls High School Student Senate has discussed the [...]
Parking at school becoming a luxury?
At the February regular meeting, the school board discussed raising the annual parking permit fee at the high school from $10 to $50. This change is expected to bring in $6,750 more than the current parking permit fee. This translates to approximately 170 parking spots. The purpose of raising the fee is to help alleviate [...]
Internet filter affects teachers, students
We have all had run-ins with the school’s internet filter. An internet filter of some sort has been in place in the Black River Falls School District for the last decade, but in the last few years, the filter has become more prominent. “Within the last four years, we’ve had three filters,” said LMC Director [...]
Traditional vs. Block Scheduling
Ever since the 1999-2000 school year BRFHS has been under the block scheduling format. This gives us our four class day we’ve become accustomed to. However, recently the school board has been doing research to see if we should move back to a traditional schedule. This would give us a seven hour day, similar to [...]
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