Several DGN students were involved in “racist and violent” social media posts, according to a Nov. 18 email sent out to the student body from Principal Janice Schwarze. The email did not provide details, and the identities of the perpetrators and victims, as well as the specifics of the incident, remain unclear. “Neither racism nor violence should ever be portrayed as a joke. These social media posts demean our community, and we condemn them without reservation or qualification,” Schwarze...

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 quite a bit; here’s a rundown of some of the most important items...

For the 13.7% of students at DGN that currently qualify as low-income, remote learning has made the accessibility to free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch much more difficult. With 311 students at DGN eligible to receive free or reduced-priced meals this year, District 99 had to invent new ways to provide and distribute food to families in an efficient and accessible manner.  Dr. Ken Sorensen, DGN’s Associate Principal for Operations & Technology, notes that the main difficulty was...