Hours before a three-day-long protest organized by Iowa City Students for Justice in Palestine began on the Pentacrest Friday, a similar demonstration was already underway two miles to the east. Even before classes began at City High on Friday morning, City Students for Palestine (not affiliated with the group above) were building a temporary encampment […]
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Letter to the ICCSD board: Period products should be free and accessible in schools
By Sara Brenneman, Iowa City Dear ICCSD School Board, I have been a woman in the school district for 11 years. For six of those I have lacked feminine hygiene products when needed, which feels incredibly unjustified and unfair. I believe it is time for a change. Schools need to supply feminine hygiene products in […]
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Iowa City high school students rally to support abortion rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers overturning Roe
Almost two hundred high school students rallied in the freezing cold at the Pentacrest on Thursday after walking out of school to show their support for abortion rights. The walkout was organized by City High students, but also attracted students from the city’s other high schools, as well as Southeast Junior High. They were joined […]
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Video: Students Against School Shooting host candlelight vigil at City High
On Monday night, Students Against School Shootings Iowa (SASS) held a candlelight vigil at Iowa City High School. The vigil had been quickly organized on Friday morning following the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas that killed 10 people and wounded a further 13.
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Iowa City’s high school girls basketball dynasty
The Iowa City West High School girls basketball team’s victory over City High’s previously undefeated team in the finals of the Class 5A state championship on March 2 wasn’t just a great game, it was a history-making one. For profiles of City High Coach Bill McTaggart and West Coach BJ Mayer, Little Village turned to the experts — high school journalists.
