Junior Ben Ell presents an idea about prom to the group. The junior delegates are a group of students from this year’s junior class that get together around second semester to plan for prom. The group as well, hosts the prom fashion show for the junior and senior class. (Photo by Sarah Williams)
A student checks no on a piece of paper they recieved from a class mate. The school board is going sworn in new members in April. The board only has three available spots. (Photo by Addy Bradbury)
UPCOMING ELECTIONS The FHSD is electing new members to the Board of Education by Justin Brewer
hire and it is my goal to help him move the district forward. I have great confidence in him,” Lane said. HSD has some changes coming to the Board Peggy Sherwin is another candidate running for of Education, as three board members’ terms the school board. She teaches at Ranken Technical come to a close. On April 7, the candidates will College and is a member of the Democratic club. She be voted to fill three spots on the board. They will be also owns a small business with her husband. sworn in April 16. The candidates run for the general Mike Sommer was a board member 12 years ago position of school board member. The specifics of and decided to run based off of his experience. He their position is decided by the school board. said that over the last year, people had encouraged One candidate running for elections is Douglas him to run again. He feels that it is a good time for Ziegemeier. He is a former law enforcement officer him to get back involved with the district. and a current owner of an insurance agency. He “I think we want to continue to do a lot of the decided to run for the school board for several things that we have been doing, and I’m not saying reasons. One being that he knew the current we’ll never make any changes, but we continue to President wasn’t running again, and two being he be recognized as one of the best places to work in could use his law enforcement the community, and our students background. continue to be successful,” “I knew that there was an Sommer said. opening and I do like that direction Another candidate running for Check out more of the FHSD that the school board and the the school board is Mary Lange. board election here: school district as a whole is She is currently a Director on the bit.ly/NSboardelections going in and I kind of just wanted school board and is running again. to maintain that direction,” Three years ago she worked with Ziegemeier said. Patrick Lane. They wanted to get The next candidate in the running is current board more involved in the community, and after being on Treasurer Patrick Lane. He is a retired educator the board for three years, she wants to continue to be with 33 years of classroom experience. Originally, a voice for the community. he headed the tax levy committee along with Mary “I bring a positive voice to the board,” Lange said Lange. During its second campaign, they felt like “I think it’s a good aspect to have, a good parents change needed to be made on the board to push voice. I’m a parent of two children in our school, a their goals forward, and now he wants to maintain high schooler and a middle schooler, so having that that. parent voice as well as a community member voice “We have a new superintendent which I helped on the board.” justinbrewer15@gmail.com
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PROM PLANNERS The junior delegates are making headway on planning prom, scheduled for April 24. Like last year, prom will be held at Old Hickory Golf Club with the theme Roaring ’20s/Golden Age of Hollywood. Despite the similarities, the delegates don’t want to make a replica of last year. “We’re trying to do as much as we can to be different from the past years, but then also learn from what went well last year and years past,” class officer Luke Coffman said. A few aspects of planning are still up in the air as of now, such as ticket price and the food selection, but they are discussing replacing last year’s gift of a cup with a T-shirt instead that comes with each ticket bought. The budget of the event is another unknown that will be determined by fundraising, such as the prom fashion show and the delegate’s T-shirt sales as well as ticket sales. Whatever the amount, the delegates plan to utilize it to the fullest. “With the amount of work we’re going to put in, we’re going to make sure it’s fun and a blast,” Coffman said. A few social aspects are also being addressed by the delegates, partially learning from past years. One example is their choice to remove “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond from the playlist due to an inappropriate rewrite of the lyrics made by the previous year’s students. There will also be the typical expectations such as the formality of students’ dress and the appropriateness of their dancing. Regardless of the regulations, it’s important to remember the meaning of the dance. “For the seniors, it’s their last big event before graduation, and for juniors, it’s like, ‘Oh look, you have one year left of high school, so make the most of it,”’ delegate Brandi Stover said. (Story by Andrew Reese) PAGE BY MAYA HELBIG
