Letters to the Editor

Oct

2024

YES on Issue 1 – Here is Why

Letters to the Editor

By: Darius Pierce The perception of societal change is a sensitive topic for many Ohioans, especially when it feels as if your concerns are being ignored. We can change that. Issue 1, Citizens Not Politicians, is a proposed constitutional amendment that is widely supported by many nonpartisan groups and organizations to end gerrymandering in Ohio. It aims to introduce an independent and bi-partisan organization that draws up the political districts of the state because our current system has been corruptly drawn up. According to the Ohio Supreme Court itself, the maps are deemed unconstitutional. However, due to deadlines with elections,…

Apr

2023

Letter To The Editor – From Adam McKnight

Editor's Corner, Letters to the Editor

To whomever it may concern, As a sophomore who plans to stay at Federal Hocking rather than go to Tri-County, I believe switching to 40-minute class periods would cause more problems than solutions. The main reason cited in the class meetings for the switch is test scores, specifically in our math department. Switching to a 40-minute class time would reduce the amount of instruction time in the class. There is a requirement that there are at least 180 school days for students, and in an 80-minute class time, you would have about 70 minutes of instruction, given 5 minutes…