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Lane begins its second week of hybrid learning tod

Lane begins its second week of hybrid learning today, with most classes seeing in-person attendance reduced by about 50%. Above, scenes on the Lane campus from Friday, April 23.
📸: Finley Williams for The Champion

“As an editorial board, we realized that “The

“As an editorial board, we realized that “The Warrior” could be understood as a coded reference to “Indian.” We never want the name of our publication to cause any discomfort or pain to anyone in the school. We are a publication that thrives on the community built in the halls of Lane Tech. Not changing our name would ignore the meaning of the word and possibly create a rift between the publication and the Lane community. Changing the name is simply the right thing to do.” Read more about our publication’s new name at the link in our bio. (Illustration by Schantelle Alonzo)

Earlier this morning, about twenty Lane teachers c

Earlier this morning, about twenty Lane teachers conducted their virtual classes outside of the school. The protest was a rebuke of CPS reopening plans, as well as a show of support for teachers who have been locked out of Google Classroom for refusing to report for in-person instruction.
📸 1-3: Aidan Sadovi for The Warrior
📸 4: Finley Williams for The Warrior

Dozens of Lane students gathered Tuesday night to

Dozens of Lane students gathered Tuesday night to show support and solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The students lined sidewalk of Western Ave., holding signs and chanting slogans, eliciting some honks in support from the passing cars. 📸: Aaron Cohen for The Warrior.

On Oct. 14, about 20 Lane students gathered on cam

On Oct. 14, about 20 Lane students gathered on campus to protest the school's handling of racism among students. This protest comes after backlash following an advisory lesson about the Black Lives Matter movement that students called lackluster and performative. Read more about this protest, and future student action, in Friday's issue of The Warrior Weekly.
📸: Finley Williams for The Warrior
1-3: The protest organizers address the crowd.

Dozens of students and community members gathered

Dozens of students and community members gathered at Lane yesterday to demand the removal of school resource officers (SROs) for the upcoming school year. On Aug. 10, the Local School Council (LSC) will vote on whether to remove SROs from the building.
📸 1: 40th Ward Alderman Andre Vasquez addresses the crowd of protesters, Aaron Cohen for The Warrior.
📸 2: Students and community members gather in protest of SROs at Lane, Aaron Cohen for The Warrior.

On July 11, student activists from Latin School of

On July 11, student activists from Latin School of Chicago and Lane Tech held protests condemning racism and urging their respective administrations to change, adapt and abolish certain school policies to create more inclusive environments. Among the Lane protesters' demands: that staff and administration receive mandatory cultural sensitivity training and racial justice materials are added to the Social Science and English curricula. See the fourth slide for more details.
📸 1-2: Latin School of Chicago protest at Lincoln Park, Finley Williams for The Warrior
📸 3: Lane Tech protest on Lane lawn, Aaron Cohen for The Warrior.

On Mar. 12, Lane hosted the first day of the 50th

On Mar. 12, Lane hosted the first day of the 50th Annual International Days. Clubs performed all day in Gym 1 with dances that they had been practicing for months.

At 5 on Mar. 12, Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot held a press conference where they announced events of 250 people or more should be avoided as to contain the spread of COVID-19. As mandated by the district, Lane cancelled I-Days and postponed I-Nights.
Photo: Emma Gallian and Ela Messina for The Warrior

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