The Newspaper of Irvington High School

A Look Into the Masses Survey

November 4, 2018

Original Questionnaire:

Please complete the following ANONYMOUS survey below by circling the answer that comes closest to your view. You may choose to opt out of certain questions or the entire survey by leaving those questions blank.

  1. On equipping teachers with guns:
    1. Public school staff should never be equipped with guns
    2. Only on-campus police should be equipped with firearms
    3. Only trained teachers should be equipped with guns
  2. On adolescent confidentiality on sexual health care services (birth control, contraceptives):
    1. Adolescents should always have complete privacy in all sexual health care services.
    2. Adolescents should never have complete privacy in all sexual health care services
    3. Adolescent confidentiality on sexual health care should only be breached if services cause harm to self or others
  3. On religious attire and symbols at school (crosses, Star of David, hijabs, etc):
    1. All religious attire and symbols should be banned on the school campus
    2. All religious attire and symbols should always be allowed on the school campus
    3. Religious attire and symbols should be allowed as long as not disruptive to education or hazardous
  4. On standardized testing (ie. STAR, CASP, etc):
    1. Should be administered by the national government
    2. Should be administered by the state government
    3. Should be administered by the school district
    4. Standardized tests should be banned
  5. On US citizenship: [you can choose a combination]
    1. All legal and illegal immigrants should be US citizens
    2. All citizens born in the US should be US citizens
    3. Good behavior from all immigrants should be granted a path to citizenship
    4. Illegal immigrants can never become US citizens
  6. The drinking age in the United States should be:
    1. 18
    2. 19
    3. 21
    4. There should be no drinking age
  7. The driving age in the United States should be:
    1. 13
    2. 16
    3. 18
    4. 21
  8. Bathrooms at school should be:
    1. All binary (meaning all either boys or girls)
    2. All gender neutral
    3. A mixture of binary and gender neutral
  9. Should it be required to that both genders are represented as club officers in all clubs?
    1. Yes, both genders must be represented
    2. No, it should not be required
    3. The gender of the officers should proportionally represent the gender of the club members
  10. Should teachers be allowed to voice their political views in classes?
    1. Yes, they should be allowed to say anything
    2. No, they should not be allowed to say anything
    3. They should be allowed if related directly to education
About the Contributor
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Elaine Chan, Editor-in-Chief
Elaine (12) has been a staff writer on The Voice for three years, was previously student life editor, and is currently c0-Editor-in-Chief. She particularly enjoys creating aesthetic layouts on indesign and interviewing people for articles.  In her free time, Elaine enjoys competitive dancing and traveling with her family. 

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