In our lead news story, we explore the school and district's use of Gaggle, a monitoring system designed to protect the campus and its students safe. In our lead arts and entertainment story, we profile senior Will Sharp, a senior standout whose saxophone solo in this year's competition show and general musicianship has made him a role model within the marching band. In our centerspread feature, we explore the benefits and drawbacks of thrifting as a Mac pastime and lament the loss of Savers as a favorite place to thrift. Our lead people story takes a look inside the Mac seniors who fight actual fires as students at the LBJ Fire Academy. Our lead sports story brings you up close and personal with the offensive line and the unorthodox coach who has helped them become the best o-line in the district. Our lead comments story makes the arguments the class ranks AND standardized tests need to go away today. All this and more in the second issue of the 2021-2022 Shield.