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Sophomore Ace Courtad led the Dunbar protest against SB 150 on Feb. 24.
PLD Students Walk Out in Protest
Dunbars metal detectors are a fixture of the schools entryway.
Loaded Gun found on PLD Campus
The toilets in the boys restroom are missing toilet paper dispensers that have been torn off the walls.
Vandalism Causes More Bathroom Issues
The hallways leading to the math department (400s) were empty and all the doors were closed after a suspected gas leak.
Suspected Gas Leak at Dunbar Interrupts Classes
Aunt Flow, a company that sells menstrual dispensers for schools, has several models that could be installed.
Free Menstrual Products in Public Schools
There is more awareness of mental health issues in teens, but these issues are being seen as all too ordinary.
Has Destigmatism Led to Desensitization?
Simple games like Snake and Pac-Man are available on Chromebooks for students, but some students play the games at inappropriate times.
Chromebook Gaming Causes Classroom Problems
The event at the Carnegie Center drew a crowd of Lexingtons literary elite.
Lexington Youth Poet Laureate Selected
New Yeat Album is Garbage
New Yeat Album is “Garbage”
A Purr-fect Movie
A Purr-fect Movie
SZAs new album receives mixed reviews from Dunbar students.
Review: SZA Second Album
A Killer Movie for Christmas
A Killer Movie for Christmas
Illuminating the News for the Students by the Students

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Illuminating the News for the Students by the Students

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All content by Karen Piepgrass
A drawing of Marlene Helm taking charge as superintendent.

FCPS Interim Superintendent at the Helm

Karen Piepgrass, Staff Writer • March 13, 2015

With Dr. Tom Shelton’s resignation in November 2014, a new interim superintendent, Dr. Marlene Helm, has been appointed as of Dec. 4, 2014. This is Dr. Helm’s second time acting as interim superintendent...

Activities relating to social media and electronics, for example Netflix, can cause sleep deprivation in teens.

Sleep-Deprived

Karen Piepgrass, Staff Reporter • January 6, 2015

In the era of Instagram and Tumblr, not to mention Netflix and Twitter, it’s amazing students get any sleep at all. According to our survey* the average Paul Laurence Dunbar student gets 7.1  hours...

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