Tattler Newsletter: October 8th, 2021

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Inside This Edition... New Texas Abortion Law Strikes Up Old Divides B-CC Community Steps Up to Help Afghan Refugees in Need Brandy Melville’s “One Size Fits Small” Policy Comes from The Top: Time for a “Girlcott” B-CC Football: The Barons Are Back!!

Seniors Sound Off If You Don’t Like the MCPS Quarantine Policy, Just Wait a Week By: Cora Hafer and Hannah Troubh Why are winter and spring athletes required to show proof of vaccinations but fall athletes were not? Why were 1,682 MCPS students put into quarantine in the first week of school in a county with a 62.9% vaccination rate of eligible residents? Why are 25 students allowed to cram into a corner of the F-wing for a loud, fun-filled, mask-less lunch yet B-CC was not allowed to have an indoor Homecoming dance? The answers can be found in MCPS’s ever-shifting policy. Between August 13th and September 15th, MCPS unveiled, revamped, walked back and passed off their official strategy for mitigating the spread of COVID.

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AVORITE THINGS ABOUT BEING BACK

“Being able to go to open lunch and hanging out with friends” “Getting back into a routine” “Open lunch” “Meeting new people” “Seeing my friends in person and the teachers and everyone together” “Being able to have a senior year” “It’s easier to participate and you get to be in person with your teachers because I think it builds a better connection” “Seeing all those people you know and like talking to but don’t hangout with outside of school”

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EAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING BACK

“Walking up the stairs to the 4th floor” “Waking up and staying awake” “The school work” “Going from A300 to F0” “Waking up early and having to park in front of everyone” “Getting called on at random in class” “All the pressure for grades and all the stress” “Having to wake up really early” “No more Wednesdays off” “my sleep schedule is messed up”

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B-CC by the Numbers By: Hannah Gandal

2,293- students at B-CC: 690- Chromebooks distributed this year: Don’t ask- books not returned last year (just look under your bed and return yours- please!!): 602- families served by B-CC Cares food distribution during the pandemic: 133- average daily number of students served in the cafeteria pre-pandemic: 300- average daily number of students served in the cafeteria in the first week of this year: 17-new teachers at B-CC: 17- Social Studies teachers who have been at B-CC for more than 5 years: 0- members of the Admin Team who has been at B-CC for more than 5 years: 75- available student parking passes: 36- parking spaces for students with internships: 1Covid-19 notification letters sent home from Whitman: 6- Covid-19 notification letters sent home from B-CC


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