In May 2024, voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed ICSD budget for the upcoming school year. Voters also struck down proposals to buy electric school buses…
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Latin and Mandarin Classes Cut from ICSD’s Course Offerings
In late May, members of the Board of Education had to rethink the ICSD budget, following the veto of the originally proposed budget in an…
Four Scientific Developments This Summer
From the deep sea to biotechnology, the scientific world has seen many advances in the past months. Here are four very different but equally fascinating…
A Night of Queeriosity at the Museum of the Earth
For twenty-five years, June has been officially recognized as Pride Month, a month dedicated to celebrating and supporting the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Since then,…
New York Appellate Court Rules Halftown’s Tribal Court Decisions Cannot Be Recognized
On July 3, the New York State Appellate Court, Fourth Department, found that several rulings by the tribal courts of Clint Halftown’s Cayuga Nation could…
Local Labor Organizers Speak at May Day Rally
One hundred and thirty-five years after its designation by a collective of unions and socialist groups in 1889, May 1 is still celebrated worldwide as…
The 2025 New York Budget Investments Explained
On Monday, April 22, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul finally announced the 2025 fiscal year state budget. Released after three weeks of extensions, Hochul…
Tompkins County History Center Hosts First AANHPI Heritage Month Celebration
Since 1990, May has been celebrated as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an opportunity to honor and celebrate the AANHPI (Asian American, Native…
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News Bite IHS Boys’ Tennis Team’s Instagram Reel Hits 2.6 Million Views CLAIRE PARK On April 27, 2024, the IHS Boys’ Varsity Tennis Team played…
Ithaca Common Council Passes the Most Aggressive Climate Justice Policy in the Country
On May 1, 2024, the Ithaca Common Council unanimously passed Justice50, part of the ongoing implementation of the Ithaca Green New Deal, which passed in…
IHS Students Organize Third Climate Action Exposition
On Sunday, May 19, IHS hosted its third annual Climate Action Exposition. The exposition, organized by IHS students part of the Green Outdoor Adventure Team…
Content warning: colonialism, incarceration, sexual violence, domestic violence. If you have experienced relationship or sexual violence, or know someone who has, and want support or…
Recapping the Ithaca Public Education Symposium
On May 2, the Second Annual Ithaca Public Education Symposium brought together a panel of nine students from IHS, Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS), and…
Statement on the April Fools Issue
The Tattler Editorial Board recognizes that some of the photoshopped images of Dr. Luvelle Brown published in the April issue have been interpreted as racist…
The April 2024 Eclipse
Over five thousand years ago, the first recorded solar eclipse took place in County Meath, Ireland. Since then, many astronomers have dedicated their lives to…
On Saturday, April 20, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and the City of Ithaca collaborated to host the 2024 Earth Day Festival on the Ithaca Commons.…
The student representatives to the Board of Education have somewhat less to report this issue. They have continued the recycling program, but have experienced difficulty…
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ICSD Second Semester Commendation Ceremony By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY IHS hosts two district commendations ceremonies throughout the year. The first, in January, has come and gone,…
New Delhi Pollution
New Delhi, the capital city of India, is one of the most polluted urban areas in the world. At some times of the year, a…
Trump Emerges As Forerunner of Republican Primary
As the Republican primaries begin in states across the country, what appeared to be a wide field of challengers to former President Donald Trump has…
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Social Justice Week at IHS By RANI SETHUPATHY, Member of the 2024 SJW Committee IHS is hosting another Social Justice Week this year from March…
Student Council’s Menstrual Product Accessibility Project
Picture this: you’re sitting in class, listening to your teacher drone on about scientific notation or the quadratic formula when suddenly you feel a familiar…
Ithaca High School Robotics Team Prepares For A New Year
Code Red Robotics at IHS is one of thousands of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) teams that compete in annual worldwide…
Student Representatives to the Board of Education Update
The IHS students representatives to the Board of Education have thus far attended four Board Meetings this school year. During that time they have scheduled…
The 2023 Elections in Tompkins County
In early November, residents of Tompkins County made their way to the ballot boxes to vote in a slate of local elections. These included Ithaca’s…
What Proposal 1 Means for Small City School Districts like ICSD
In order for a proposed amendment to the New York State (NYS) Constitution to make it to the ballot, it must first pass through both…
Climate Change, “Dirty” Banks, and Local Activists
Climate change is widely considered one of the greatest challenges of our time. The result of excessive burning of fossil fuels and environmental destruction, it…