OPINION – The Prowler

Opinion: Schools need to reconsider focus of digital learning

April 3, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 chaos, schools have had to shut down along with the rest of the world. Schools have diverted to exclusively online learning,...

Opinion: United we sit

April 1, 2020

Nobody could have ever predicted the situation that we are living in now. Everybody is forced to their homes, multiple states are already on lockdown,...

An open letter from a second semester senior

March 21, 2020

So this whole quarantine situation... it sucks. Bad, like, super bad. Despite how much we’ve complained about school and not wanting to be there, I�...

Opinion: It’s not where you start, but where you finish

March 20, 2020

It is now mid-March, and seniors who have been anxiously waiting for responses from schools like the University of Georgia are now finally receiving their...

Opinion: Blockages on Chromebooks go too far

March 17, 2020

For the past two years, students all over Fayette County have been given Chromebooks to take to school. This was an incredible opportunity — students of all...

Opinion: Bye bye Blackboard

March 13, 2020

As students get excited about summer coming up, the school board is getting excited about what the next school year is going to bring. This 2019-2020 ...

Opinion: Students overlooking impact of closures

March 13, 2020

As COVID-19 floods the United States with uncertainty, Fayette County is not immune. After one presumptive case was diagnosed at Piedmont-Fayette hospital, F...

Opinion: Block schedule is better than seven periods

February 24, 2020

Do you ever think that you have too many classes to keep up with and not enough time? Starr’s Mill students have seven classes a day that last a...

Opinion: Portable classroom trailers need to go

February 19, 2020

In the late 1990s, Starr’s Mill High School reached maximum capacity, so trailers were brought in to make up for the much needed space. The remains ...