A board meeting will be held whether the school should allow the students availability to rent computers due to recent hacking of computer system. The yearbook has a deadline to complete the yearbook and the district will be offline for the next three weeks.

 

Considering this, they may be allowed to rent computers while they’re installing a new security software and finding the hacker. For 22 years, the school has sponsored a “yearbook day,” which is a signing party for the seniors. This is scheduled from noon to 5p.m. on May 29, and with the internet shutdown this will be a hard deadline to meet.

 

A breach in the computer server was found by Ed Robles, the technology director, in January. This ongoing investigation with several leads should lead to an arrest made within the next month.

 

“I certainly will not be able to come back for a signing party in the summer or fall,” says Reggie White, senior.

 

Not getting to have yearbook day would be like not getting to have homecoming: a huge tradition that needs to pertain throughout complicated times.

 

“We understand the inconvenience of the shutdown, but it is necessary,” says Ed Robles, district technology director.

 

Many believe that this shutdown is necessary to keep the students safety.

 

“This year we pushed out final yearbook deadline back as far as we could to add more coverage to the book,” says Alexis Zavia, junior and editor of the yearbook.

 

The deadline has been pushed back as far as possible, therefore there is no stretch room.

“It’s great that the the school board is moving so quickly on this request,” says Rodney Stephens, yearbook adviser. “Yearbook day for seniors is one of the most beloved traditions at the school.”