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Parcel taxes will better education

October 16, 2015 La Vista 0

By Lauren Faberman Staff Writer The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is the only top distinguished unified school district in California without a parcel tax system to supplement state funding, as stated by mbef.org. MBUSD […]

Homecoming revotes lead to an inconsistent election

October 16, 2015 La Vista 0

By Tommy Kelleher Staff Writer Despite their monarchical denotations, the titles of Homecoming “king” and “queen” are determined by democratic elections among the Mira Costa student body. Recently, Associated Student Body had to hold reelections […]

Gelson’s builds neighborhood controversies

September 18, 2015 La Vista 0

The proposed plan to build a Gelson’s Market on Sepulveda and Eighth Street is stirring up more than just the expected excitement. Neighbors of the lot where the Gelson’s is planned to be built are unreasonably protesting this development. […]

New SAT benefits students

September 18, 2015 La Vista 0

Starting March 5, 2016 students will be taking a completely new and redesigned SAT. Some of the altercations include an optional analytical essay, a new grading scale out of 1600, no penalty for guessing and three sections of math that contain the most useful and relevant math topics to college and careers.
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AP textbook prices are too costly

September 18, 2015 La Vista 0

The majority of Mira Costa students enroll in Advanced Placement classes each year to either improve their college applications, possibly receive college credit, or to learn harder material. However, a drawback to certain AP classes is that they require students to pay a large amount of money for the textbooks. But, the library does offer to lend students, who either cannot afford the books or do not want to pay, the AP books. […]

Team teaching allows for consistency

September 18, 2015 La Vista 0

By Isabelle Chiu Online Sports Editor Team teaching is a beneficial teaching method that will help standardize the information and difficulty level in classes within the same course. Team teaching occurs when teachers of the […]

Manhattan Beach should adhere to wishes of local skaters

September 18, 2015 La Vista 0

Manhattan Beach should agree to create a local skate park to accommodate the city’s local skaters with a place to practice. After more than ten years of meetings regarding the creation of a skate park in Manhattan Beach, the project is finally being seriously considered. […]

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