![Maryam Mohammed 21 and Morgan Dunn 21 demonstrate the current procedure for intruder drills. The school conducts intruder drills by having students sit against the wall and be quiet, out of view of the hall; this is intended to prevent a shooter from realizing that there are potential victims in a room, but the school more or less glosses over what to do if an intruder gains access to a classroom with people.](https://jhsblackandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CD16E793-E5CD-4DA2-B05F-3CDD0CBB8B67-900x589.jpeg)
How effective are drills, really?
Duncan Christakos, Staff Writer
• May 27, 2019
![Social studies teacher Mark Schillerstrom teaches students in the hall. Schillerstrom is one of 16 teachers throughout the district who are retiring at the end of the school year.](https://jhsblackandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/schillerstrom1-900x600.jpg)
Incentive to leave: retirement packages offered to experienced teachers
Duncan Christakos, Staff Writer
• May 24, 2019
![New counseling secretary Mindy Johannsen helping a student. After a series of temporary secretaries, Johannsen accepted the position on Jan. 15 and began working on Jan. 21.](https://jhsblackandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/0995399E-BCE6-4E08-B2CB-71B3480D82D1-900x675.jpeg)
Musical chairs, secretary style
Duncan Christakos, Staff Writer
• April 8, 2019
![Rylee Swartzel 21 sits on her specialized wheelchair. She lost almost all of her movement after an ATV accident.](https://jhsblackandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/image-900x675.png)
What it means to be disabled
Duncan Christakos, Staff Writer
• April 5, 2019
![The three foreign exchange students at Johnston: Eduard Stancu from Italy, Aleksa Dogandzic from Serbia, and Anastasia Bilak from Ukraine.](https://jhsblackandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DA990937-376E-447D-BBDA-820C5F377BCA-900x860.jpeg)
The Foreign Exchange Experience
Duncan Christakos, Staff Writer
• February 13, 2019
![American history wrongly overshadows world history](https://jhsblackandwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/worldmapfornewspaper-900x506.jpg)
American history wrongly overshadows world history
Duncan Christakos, Staff Writer
• October 12, 2018
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