Grace Schmidt, with the Spartan Scroll, says her teacher was considering selling some of their cameras to try to keep the newspaper afloat. The school newspaper says they are stuck between a club and curriculum and with a lack of funding and advertising, the Spartan Scroll is worried it could mean the end…
The newspaper exists in a weird sort of in-between. It’s both a curricular class and a club. But as a class, it makes sense to us that most of that should be funded with budget money. You don’t see science classes fundraising for labs or CTE classes raising money for food, wood, and art supplies. Because of the in-between of the class, the ideas to secure other funding have been shut down since it is a curricular class, but then, where are the curricular dollars?
Now, it would be wrong of us not to admit that times have changed and that media has increasingly gone digital. We’re working to adapt to that, with our website fnhscroll.org. However, we strongly believe that print media still has its place, and has even seen a bit of resurgence since 2020. We believe that Spartan students enjoy the print edition of The Scroll throughout the school year, and that it is fun for students to see themselves and their classmates in print.
We love seeing the copies of The Scroll get opened during our classes. We know that not everyone agrees with the viewpoints expressed in The Scroll. We encourage you to join our team and share your perspective. At the end of the day, agree or disagree, we do know that our physical papers get read and discussed. We want to continue the excitement of seeing who the Staff Feature is for December, whether all the student’s profiled really like PSL, and reliving fun events like HoCo, Prom, or a sports season wrap-up.
Visit their website to help: https://fnhscroll.org/3553/showcase/school-board-slashes-journalism-budget-leaving-the-scroll-staff-desperate/
Hear the entire interview with Grace during It Takes 2 here:
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