Although the school is mandated by state law to provide “comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education,” it is insufficient in its implementation of the program. Sex education that is comprehensive and medically accurate is essential to students’ understanding…
Category: Staff Stance
Extra credit fosters undeserved grades
While extra credit is seemingly beneficial to all, it is actually a gigantic slap in the face to teachers and students. When it is offered exclusively to students who are doing poorly, teachers create special opportunities for only a portion…
Coming to school sick is ill-advised
As students become afflicted with illness during the winter months, many feel obligated to sacrifice their health to maintain good attendance. They drag themselves to school with high fevers, coughing fits, and body aches. The school community should spread the…
Transgender policy limits creative expression
The United States as well as the rest of the world has had periods of strict conservatism. Even before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, there has been a record number of attempts to remove the rights of LGBTQ+ people. In recent…
School lacks adequate safety precautions
School offers an environment for students to access their right to an education. However, a safe environment cannot be 100 percent guaranteed. Because danger in school is a real possibility, it threatens the safety of students. In recent years, the…
District impedes progress with rotations
With four new assistant principals out of five, the change in administrative staff creates issues in leadership as the school adjusts to new faces in the office. When the Alhambra Unified School District constantly shuffles its administrators around different schools,…
Teachers unjustly impose views on students
A teacher’s words have the tremendous power to influence students’ beliefs. When discussions about politics, race, sexual orientation, religion, class, or any other controversial issue come up in the classroom, it is critical for teachers to tread the fine line…
Teachers deserve more support
Teaching, at its core, is selfless and extremely demanding. An excessive amount of work both in and out of the classroom is needed to keep up with the burdening demands of the job. Yet, despite knowledge of these struggles, our…
Sexual harassment on campus must end
By The Matador Staff Weinstein, Spacey, Cosby. Could similar allegations be found here in a school community? Sexual assault has been widespread among famous people in Hollywood; however, students, faculty, and staff are not exempt from this behavior. Sexual harassment,…
School inhibits education with cut classes
In every school there is bound to be conflict over course offerings. Some classes fill too quickly and leave students on the outside looking in while others do not fill at all, resulting in unfortunate cancellations. At a school as…