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Editorials

The Selection Process Has Gone Off Course

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2026 |

With the diversity of classes offered at IHS, high school should be a time of experimentation: a chance for students to explore distinctive academic interests...

On Wednesdays We Wear… Oh Wait, No Color Wars

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2026 |

Editorials

A myriad of musicals and early 2000s movies promised a high school experience full of spirited events: proms, homecomings, over-the-top pep rallies, and enough school...

Ithaca’s Afterschool System is Failing Elementary School Families

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on June 2026 |

Editorials

The ICSD elementary school day ends at 2:00 PM, nearly an hour earlier than surrounding districts’ dismissal times. For many ICSD families, this extremely early...

Strengthening Suicide Prevention Resources in ICSD Middle Schools

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on May 2025 |

Opinion

Trigger Warning: The following content discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, please call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline...

How ICSD Can Better Attract, Retain, and Support Teachers of Color

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on April 2025 |

Features

In the United States, people of color are significantly underrepresented in teaching. With the federal government’s recent threats to public school funding and diversity, equity,...

let me be bad at things

god, please

let me struggle

let me try

let me splatter paint on the walls

for a shape that barely resembles a flower

let me scrape through a class

and appreciate what I’ve learned

let me struggle

let me try

let me be bad at things

and know

it’ll be okay

please

let me

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