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Minneapolis Public Schools has made the decision to move to online learning for two weeks through January 27th. Students are encouraged to stay home, although the school is remaining open for support to students that need it. This decision was made because of the rising number of covid cases, specifically from the omicron variant. The visual above shows the number of COVID positive tests in Minnesota throughout the pandemic.

Minneapolis Public Schools moves to online learning through January 27th

Grace Bischoff, Arts & Entertainment Editor
January 16, 2022
This image was taken from Stringers first year at South. Within his two years at South, Stringer developed relationships with students, staff and community members. Inevitably, some were good and some were bad. In light of his recent resignation students and staff reflect on their interactions with him and the reasons behind his resignation.

South Community Reacts to Stringer Resignation – and Reflects on the Upcoming Principal Search

Khayaal Desai-Hunt and Caleb Stipkovits
November 7, 2021
Brett Stringer’s provisional license (a temporary license) expired on June 30th, making him an un-licensed administrator. He has a chance to get his license extended at the Board of School Administrators’ (BOSA) next meeting on October 25th.

What is Happening at South Right Now? Explaining the Stringer License Situation

Caleb Stipkovits and Khayaal Desai-Hunt
October 4, 2021
After the Minneapolis Public School Board voted to terminate their contract with the Minneapolis Police Department, a decision that led some folks to believe that SROs and police in MPS might be coming to a close, they started to hire “Public Support Safety Specialists” or PSSS-- a role which is presumed to continue the policing in MPS.

What is the new role of the Public Safety Support Specialists that MPS has been hiring?

Perry Fernands, Staff Writer
February 26, 2021

MPS votes to terminate contract with Minneapolis Police Department

Erika Peterson, Features Editor
June 2, 2020
On April 9th, 2019 Site Council held a meeting to discuss South’s search for a new principal. Parent LaCresha Dotson described the meeting: “I think it went fairly well. I think what I heard though is that we’re a little bit behind the eight ball. We’ve got this monumental decision to make and not a whole lot of time to make it if we want to get the best candidates.”

Parents, staff, and students begin search to find new principal

Madeline Mahoney, Editor in Chief
April 9, 2019
New locker colors

Improving South’s aesthetic one locker at a time: new renovations to be completed by next fall

Maya Edmonds, Staff Writer
January 16, 2019
Above is Kimberly Caprini, one of the new at large school board members, inside the poetry house in South’s Writers Room. Caprini was very excited by the house, since she used to be involved in spoken word. As at-large director, Caprini (and Josh Pauly, another newly elected at-large director) will have the task of representing all of the Minneapolis city districts within the one MPS district. “The city wide director has the responsibility of kind of...making sure that we’re looking at everything across the board instead of just one district looking at the needs and wants of their own schools in their area,” she said.

Recent election brings new perspectives to MPS school board

Kinsley Wilcox-McBride, Staff Writer
November 20, 2018
Senior Abdirahman Katun plays the viola in Beginning Strings. One of a few entry level music classes, Beginning Strings allows students who have never played before to learn a string instrument. “We’re lucky here at South because our administration has put stringed instruments into the hands of the students who want to learn them, they put the money out for it and so this is why we can do it,” said Lorie Hippen, the South orchestra instructor.

State of music diversity is on a low note

Zoë Chinander-McFaul, Staff Writer
February 28, 2018
Since September, Minneapolis Public schools and the Minneapolis Federation of teachers have been nogiating a new cotract. This can include changes in class size or teacher salary. “What’s really important is our students learning conditions and those are our working conditions,” said South English teacher Mary Manor, who is a member of the MFT bargaining team.

Struggle for common ground continues in teachers’ union negotiations

Livia Lund, Editor-in-Chief
November 22, 2017
Pictured above Holiday Samabaly, a second year english teacher at South, talks with some of her students while sporting her University of Maryland East Shore -- an HBCU -- sweatshirt. HBCUs are historically black colleges and universities, and they have had a growing amount of applicants in the past years. “I think the most important thing for me in going to an HBCU is I could see myself in every facet,” she said. Photo: Soline Van de Moortele

“I could see myself in every facet”: HBCUs create alternative support for students

Soline Van de Moortele, News and Web Editor
November 14, 2017
Some vegetarians are forced to load up on salad and vegetables to satisfy their hunger when there are no other options.

Vegetarians frustrated with lack of options

Drew Hemer, Staff Writer
November 20, 2015
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