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ELFAIR
By BRIANNA LOPER
brianna @masoncounty. com
North Mason School Board
members had a difficult time
defining the meaning of the
term "excused absence" last
week during a meeting.
Some board members said
the school district's revised
policy took control away from
parents to decide what war-
rants an excused absence.
The discussion came after the
policy was revised due to state
guidelines to show more effort
on the part of the district to
include more prevention and
intervention before truancy
becomes an issue.
"I want to trust them (par-
ents) when they want to ex-
cuse their student," said board
member Dinah Griffey. "I get
offended when the school dis-
trict says that I don't know
how to parent."
Griffey said she found fault
with a revised truancy policy
the board was expected to ap-
prove during a policy review
period at the Oct. 20 North
Mason School Board meeting.
The policy was unanimously
approved by the board, pend-
ing some changes that would
be made by Superintendent
Dana Rosenbach during the
see TRUANCY, page A-31
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Herald photo by Brianna Loper
A full rainbow and part of a second spread across North Bay on Monday night. This image is made up of eight photographs combined into
a panorama using photography editing software. This style helps the image maintain more detail and capture a larger area.
By BRIANNA LOPER
brianna @masoncounty. corn
Who -- or what -- killed
Aria Garcia?
That's what freshman stu-
dents at North Mason High
School want to know.
For the past six weeks, stu-
dents in the Principles of Bio-
medical Science course have
been studying the fictitious
Garcia and her death, which
took place right outside the
classroom. During the first
weeks of school, a mannequin
was set up to mimic a murder
scene in the hallway of the
high school.
Students extracted DNA,
completed blood splatter trials
and even tested a mysterious
white powder to work toward
solving the mystery.
"The kids have never been more engaged,"
Lisa Roberts, director of instructional services for the district
"I'm thinking it's some sort
of disease," said Autumn Cloyd
during class Monday.
"I still think she has diabe-
tes," countered classmate Kira
Schwerzuer. "Because of the
orange juice."
"Oh yeah," agreed Cloyd.
"And she was wearing a lot
of clothes. Maybe she had low
blood sugar?"
The students compared
ideas as they compiled notes
in journals and read online
articles about how to complete
an autopsy. Throughout Mon-
see SCIENCE, page A-30
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