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A mostly empty Chromebook cart in a classroom. A sight too often seen by students and teachers alike.

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Jarrett Reed, Staff Reporter November 14, 2025

Electronic devices, one of the staples of the modern age. At FHC students use them daily, in their English, Science, and History classes. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, schools have been working...

Junior Alex Hopson completes an escape room in her Algebra 2 class using her iPad. Devices such as these are used more than ever in school due to the phone ban, even though at the start of the school year they were not allowed by the blanket ban on personal devices. Since then, the Francis Howell School District has amended its policy to allow personal electronics at teacher's discretion.

No Place for Nuance

Lillian Richter, Web Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2025

When Missouri lawmakers passed a sweeping ban on student cell phone use this year, they promised increased focus and fewer distractions in the classroom. The policy has, in many ways, delivered that goal,...

Dr. Robert Gaugh works at his desk. Gaugh is serving as interim principal this school year while the district has been roiled by issues surrounding the hiring and departure of Superintendent Mike Dominguez, who only worked for a month in FHSD and then was given $230,000 as part of a separation agreement.

Rebuilding Trust

Michael Purcell, Staff Reporter October 18, 2025

The Francis Howell School District is under fire once more for the controversy surrounding the superintendent position and the hastened hiring and sudden departure of Dr. Mike Dominguez.  Leading into...

After the football team won the balloon toss at the pep assembly, a cooler of water is dumped over Principal Rob Gaugh’s head by the team in celebration, concluding the pep assembly.

Putting the Pep in FHC

Austyn McBain, Staff Photographer October 13, 2025

The day before the Homecoming dance, Oct. 3 after the 7th hour all of Francis Howell Central students gathered in the bleachers outside to take part in the Homecoming Pep Assembly to raise school spirit....

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