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into a sea of apartment dwellings usurping authority away from local politicians to support ownership, especially single family ownership. Single family ownership that is being swamped, being overrun in favor of non-ownership rentals by shortsighted state and local government policies does not solve the growing

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It’s not just the students feeling like time is running out. Castle View Counselor Zac Ross has noticed “a lot of avoidance” as graduation approaches.

“Avoidance and procrastination are probably the two biggest things we’re seeing right now,” he said. “ ere’s also a little bit of panic, mainly around things like community service and kids realizing the short amount of time they have left to complete it.”

Ross said it is common to see general senioritis with students knowing they are close to being done, don’t want to attend school anymore and just wants to be done. Ross, who denes his job in the “post-grad” world as “assisting students in whatever their goal is after college” including college, trade school, military, work force, and gap years, has a bit of a chaotic few months ahead of him.

“I have about 70 seniors in my caseload, but I also have 260 kids total, so I’m preparing to get our seniors out while also making sure all of my other students are staying on track with academics, helping them

“a ordable housing” crisis. is is not left or right, but a right or wrong issue.

Families trying to raise their kids do not want to be forced to live in rental “ ats” as they do in Europe. Moms and dads raising families need air to breathe and yards to play or work in. People of all ages want to live in ownership units to preserve wealth building. Single family units are the key to wealth building no matter how much appointed planners or follow the money politicians think otherwise

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Ross is not alone when he says graduation is “a light at the end of the tunnel for me”.

“It’s a really, really busy season,” he said. “I’m making sure they [seniors] have a plan, so that when they walk across that stage and walk out of that building, they’re not just going o into nothingness, they actually have a solidi ed plan.”

With these newfound plans, students know their mindsets and lifestyles will be shifting with this new chapter of adulthood.

“I think the biggest issue for me today, especially with social media, is body image and how people compare themselves with others,” said Senior Allyson Ferguson. “I think as people mature, they become comfortable with themselves and don’t put themselves down in the same way teenagers do.”

Student Lily Defnet also had some opinions on the changes in society’s issues as she grows older.

“A lot of prominent issues among Americans, like climate change and e long solution: Give quality developers the challenge to solve a ordable housing issues o ering ownership instead of renters. Remove the heavy hand of government agendas now calling the shots against developer innovation and creativity. Developers have become a hated group unnecessarily. Good developers can and will solve the a ordable housing crisis ... untie their hands. e short solution: If defending your property rights is important to you, Join up with a multiple county equality, are necessary in the progression of society. I think it is important to address them,” she said.

Defnet went on to say, “As I grow older, I expect these issues to change as our culture shifts. Historically, we’ve seen American society evolve, accepting ‘radical’ ideas like women’s su rage, racial equality, child labor laws, things like that. As I become an adult, I expect there to be progress made and new issues to emerge.” ese ideals are apparent in the routes of study students are taking .

“I want to study something along the lines of environmental science,” St. Clair said. “I want to study it because I feel like it can make a big di erence in the world around me as I go through life.” coalition forming against property right abuses. A Public Outcry Alert was held in Lakewood on April 11th at the Rockley Event Center. e place was packed. Homeowners/ taxpayers showed up from these ve surrounding counties; Je erson, Arapahoe, Adams, Douglas, Denver plus towns Lakewood, Parker and Westminster. Add your name to the list held by organizer RameyKJohnson@gmail.com

Defnet said as seniors become a new generation of adults, they have to be willing to take on and progress issues facing society.

Delaney Jordan is a senior at Castle View High School serving as a spring intern for Colorado Community Media.

Evie Zur Parker