March 27, 2023 by Darren Pasek (‘25) Compared to education, there are few debates that are more polarizing. Education is an issue people are unapologetic about; nothing gets in the way of a parent and their kid’s success. Should it be public, private, charter, or in-house? How much money goes toward salaries, research, and technology? […]
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March 13, 2023 by Darren Pasek (‘25) Biden is facing one of his largest dilemmas yet: submitting to the temptation of lobbying money for his campaign and backing a local and national economic lift, or holding true to his promise of protecting the environment. Oil giant ConocoPhillips has been planning a massive, decades long oil
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February 27, 2023 by Darren Pasek (’25) In October 2022, the city finally announced plans that Saratoga Springs would have a permanent low-barrier homeless shelter. Up until October, the city was working with Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) to repurpose the current senior center at 5 Williams Street. The city already owns this building and SOS
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February 6, 2023 by Darren Pasek (’25) Within the first week of 2023, a school shooting had already taken place. This time an atypical story enthralled the world. Just outside of Newport News, Virginia, a six-year-old boy shot and wounded his teacher during a lesson. Remarkably, she is in stable condition. Leading up to the
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Eliza Krackeler, Editor-in-Chief Eliza is a senior and Editor-in-Chief of The Lightning Rod. She is excited for the SSHS community to “read all about it” in the paper’s editions. Before joining the school newspaper, she could be found writing short stories on her typewriter. She has been on the The Rod since 2020, and has
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