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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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BALLOT: Online voting on a multi-part amendment to the Just Community constitution is open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. today.

Voting has opened, Constitution must earn majority in at least three grades to pass

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief
May 14, 2020

Today’s vote on the amended Just Community constitution will have to pass with a two-thirds majority, and also three of four...

BROADER: Framers of the new constitution proposal this week changed the membership of the Judicial Review Subcommittee they are proposing. Along with the Head of School, it now includes leaders of Fairness and Agenda and an elected faculty representative, instead of just Fairness co-chairs and the Fairness Adviser.

Constitution vote, set for Friday, may turn on whether new document gives students more or less influence than original

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
May 13, 2020

After weeks of debate over whether a newly proposed constitution would give students more or less power than they have now, the...

WINNER: A virtual poster for Kate Orlanski, newly elected Agenda chair, included her campaign motto -- “Bottom up” -- in Aramaic. The phrase itaruta dilatata refers to effort coming upward from the ground.

In historically uncontested election, vice-chair and secretary winners make news

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief
May 7, 2020

Sophomore Jack Sanders was elected vice chair of Agenda and sophomore Liad Machmali was elected SAC Vice Chair in this year’s...

BROADCAST: Snapshots of candidate videos were posted by school officials on Instagram Tuesday. The videos were required by the Fairness Committee, and for most candidates that was their entire campaign.

Just Community election campaign moves online, but not everybody follows

By Benjamin Gamson, Staff Writer
May 7, 2020

Seventeen candidates are running in Thursday’s election for Just Community offices, but some campaigned much more than others...

LIVE: Agenda Chair David Edwards led a discussion on proposals at Town Hall in the gym Feb. 4. It turned out to be one of the last times that the entire Shalhevet community gathered in person this year.

Candidates to lead Agenda, Fairness and SAC next year all running unopposed

By Benjamin Gamson, Staff Writer
April 27, 2020

All the juniors who are running in next month’s Just Community election are running unopposed for the upcoming school year,...

CROWDED: Students locked out of classrooms filled hallways during lunch Feb. 28.  Complaints included no place to sit and difficulty concentrating and socializing due to a high noise level in the halls.

Week of locked doors brings clean classrooms, loud hallways

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief
March 3, 2020

After a week of being asked to close doors during non-class periods, teachers pronounced the anti-vandalism policy instigated...

REVISE: Evan Rubel, Sabrina Jahan and David Edwards shared a light moment at a meeting on proposed updates to the constitution. Considered the start of an ongoing constitutional convention, the meeting took place Dec. 18 in room 304

Second meeting of Constitutional Convention considers whether ‘values of the school’ should be a reason to veto Town Hall proposals

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief
January 30, 2020

Participants at the second meeting of the school Constitutional Convention Dec. 18 tried to decide the role of the head of school...

VANDALIZED: Several posters of famous authors and playwrights, including Tennessee Williams, were vandalized in Ms. Nagels and Ms. Crincolis rooms.

Fairness Committee may ban students from empty classrooms after teacher files complaint over food mess and poster vandalism

Responding to food left in classrooms after lunch and vandalism against posters, the Fairness Committee is considering a two-week-long...

REVISE: Fairness Co-Chair Evan Rubel, senior Sabrina Jahan and Agenda Chair David Edwards shared a light moment at a meeting on proposed updates to the constitution.  Considered the start of an ongoing constitutional convention, the meeting took place Nov. 20 in room 304.

Move to revise Just Community constitution debates who should decide what’s debatable

By Molly Litvak and Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks
December 17, 2019

After being talked about by Agenda committees and chair candidates since 2016, a proposed rewriting of Shalhevet’s constitution...

FAIR: Senior Joseph Klores, one of three co-chairs of the Fairness Committee this year, told Tuesdays Town Hall why his committee should help oversee Just Community elections.

Town Hall vote puts Fairness Committee in charge of Just Community elections

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
September 13, 2019

After years of dilemmas, complications and mistakes in the running of elections, the Shalhevet community voted this week to appoint...

ACTION: Leading his first Town Hall, newly elected Agenda Chair David Edwards introduced an Agenda Committee proposal for four different voting systems. A vote immediately after chose Ranked Voting as the new system.

‘Ranked Choice’ replaces ‘Instant Runoff’ as new election format in first Just Community decision this year

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor
May 23, 2019

In the first Town Hall led by the newly elected Agenda Committee, the community voted May 15 to institute a new “ranked choice”...

PREVENTATIVE: Rabbi Segal said the policy was written with the intention of preventing bullying and creating a safer environment for students and faculty.

New harassment policy sets rules, defines terms

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 8, 2019

After several Town Hall discussions and heated debates about what exactly sexual harassment is, the school released a new harassment,...

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