Rising absences and tardies in recent years has caused concern from administration and teachers. To try and reduce said absences a new tardy policy is being put in place.
According to the tardy policy,...
Meredith Shryock is a junior and the Copy Editor of the Talon Yearbook. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, listening to music, and scrolling through Pinterest.
![Working on a project, sophomore Skyler Hansen examines one of the walls. Hansen explained that Geometry and Construction is usually divided up between two periods. “You do an hour of either geometry or construction, depending on what the teachers want to do at the beginning. Then the next hour, you do whatever you didn’t do in the first hour,” Hansen said. “In geometry, you’ll learn a specific set of [information], and in construction, you use that after you learn the geometry.”](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Roust_GeoinCon8_27_24-3-1200x800.jpg)
![Playing the violin, Ms. Herron, the new orchestra teacher, demonstrates to her class how to play a piece. “I was a little nervous going into [the first day], of course, but it was just so much fun and so welcoming from the students,” Herron said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-06-at-3.03.28 PM-1200x800.png)
