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Staff Ed Currently, the process used to select the students representing Mira Costa on the Board of Trustees does not suffice because it does not allow for the most accurate representation of the diverse Costa student body. ASB and the administration should seek alternative methods in order to choose those who will represent students’ academic [...]

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Staff Ed In the recent years, there has been a significant push for increasing technology within the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. The newly created Bring Your Own Technology Program, which provides students with the option of utilizing their own personal technology in the classroom, is not a reasonable program for Mira Costa. Starting next [...]

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By Alec Lautanen Editor-in-Chief Keeping pace with other schools, Mira Costa has been increasing participation in AP classes and tests. With this comes the issues of non-AP student access to these study sessions, but limiting AP review sessions to only current AP students isn’t a fair choice to make. A few non-AP students attending reviews [...]

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By Courtney Hughey Staff Writer To improve Mira Costa’s summer school programs, Mira Costa Vice Principal Jamie Mancilla and Kathy Duffy, director of the Manhattan Beach Extracurricular Foundation, or MBX, have recommended a number of reforms including separate online registration dates for popular courses. Yet, more drastic changes such as a more expansive course offering [...]

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By Jack Allen Opinion Editor With recent California Appellate Division court case findings regarding cell phone use under the current distracted driving law, California legislators should take this opportunity to outlaw more driving distractions to ensure road safety. While legislators have the largest impact on the future safety of California roads, automobile companies also need [...]

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By Aaron Chelliah Contributing Writer While Turnitin.com is an enticing alternative to manually checking papers, the site’s methodology has many moral and technical drawbacks which render it inappropriate for use at Mira Costa. The website is also inneffective because teacher ignorance about how the system functions leaves students accused of plagiarism when they are innocent. [...]

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