Hey, students! This is a series of news updates by me, Omega Editor-in-Chief and District 99 Board of Education Student Representative Sam Bull, that is designed to inform you, the DGN student body, of the most relevant changes, decisions, and updates from the most recent Board of Education meeting. In other words: this is exactly what you need to know from every Board meeting. This week’s Board meeting featured an update on the Master Facility Plan and local COVID numbers as well as several...

Yesterday at 10:24 a.m., CNN became the first major news network to call the 2020 Presidential race. It was the state of Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes that allowed CNN, succeeded by other major networks, and finally, at 10:40 a.m., Fox News, to call the race in Joe Biden’s favor.  As of 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, The Associated Press awards Biden 290 electoral votes to President Trump’s 214. Since Nov. 6’s Race to 270 update, Pennsylvania, Nevada (6 electoral votes), and Arizona (11...

Once again, yesterday’s vote totals have further shifted the race in Biden’s favor. While neither candidate won a state on Nov. 5, Biden gained ground in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada. As of 9:00 a.m. Nov. 6, every battleground state except Nevada has counted 90 percent or more of their vote, meaning we could start to see official totals (and possibly a winner) within the next few days.  Because many of the votes counted throughout the day yesterday were absentee ballots from large counties—votes...