El Rancho High School Friday, May 31, 2019 Volume 67.9 El Rodeo The Ranch says goodbye to beloved staff members Read about retirees’ post-El Rancho plans Pages 15-17 Seniors participate in end of year activities Look back at senior week events Page 13 Learn more about our graduating seniors! Grads reveal their plans for after high school Pages 8-9 Photo by Franky Leon Opinion - 2 Opinion - 3 Campus - 4 Campus - 5 Features - 6 Features - 7 Senior Features - 8 Senior Features - 9 Senior Wills - 10 Senior Wills - 11 #FromElRanchoToAnywhere - 12 Index Senior Rewind - 13 Entertainment - 14 Retiring Teachers - 15 Retiring Teachers - 16 @elrodeonews Retiring Features - 17 Staff Farewells - 18 Staff Farewells - 19 Senior Favs + - 20 www.elrodeonews.com EL RODEO, PG 2 El Rancho High School MAY 31, 2019 OPINION An early look at the 2020 election BY ANTONIO ESCOBAR crats seem perfectly happy to Sanders stands as the biggest comes to execution, giving cause to start talks with North Korea, EL RODEO STAFF WRITER back the experienced politician, challenger to Biden’s campaign. for some voters’ skepticism. unemployment reaching record as opposed to taking a gamble It is important to note that al- Warren is also a source of lows, and making the Supreme Although the election is still on a young progressive. How- though Sanders’ policies were recent controversy for fabricat- Court more conservative. Howev- over a year from now, the race for ever despite party backing, Biden once considered extreme, most ing stories that claimed she was er, he has had a multitude of ethi- the presidency has already begun. has had his share of problems. of them have been integrated into of Cherokee descent. This caused cal, political, and personal con- Many politicians and pop cul- The biggest of these prob- mainstream Democratic beliefs. ridicule by the general public, troversies that have turned some ture figures have declared their lems is the number of allega- However, this does not necessar- large media influencers, and even of his more diverse constituents plan to run for office in the 2020 tions against him regarding his ily promise a win for Sanders, as by President Trump who used the against him. Vulgar internet com- presidential election. It is still alleged harassment or mistreat- many conservative Americans story to target Warren’s campaign. ments, the lengthy government early, but the election is already ment of women. To add fuel to are not in favor of the socialist In comparison to the Dem- shutdown, and ongoing investiga- starting to draw controversy and the fire, Biden responded, and policies that seem to be rising ocratic Party, the Republican Par- tions into his campaign all have conversation from all parties. said he was “not sorry” for any in popularity. If the Democrats ty is far more united. Although tarnished his image in the eyes The Democratic Party has of his actions. President Trump chose to push these policies, there is one challenger to the in- of the American people as well generated concern for their seem- would later go on to post a vid- they could risk losing the sup- cumbent president, it is common as the global community. How- ingly unorganized and unconven- eo ridiculing Biden’s actions. port of more moderate voters. for a president to be given the ever among the GOP, the presi- tional campaign strategies. As of However, the controversy seems Another contender for nomination for re-election. There dent has maintained significant May, the Democratic Party had to have little to no effect on the the Democratic nomination is is no reason to suspect that won’t support that he is likely to keep contributed 24 out of the 26 con- former Vice President’s cam- Elizabeth Warren. Warren cur- be the case now. This means the throughout the entire election. firmed candidates. Of those can- paign, as he is still performing rently serves as the Senator of 2020 GOP nominee will almost With more than a year to go, didates, the most noteworthy are well in polls across the country. Massachusetts, and has had suc- certainly be Donald Trump. there is no telling what will hap- Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Bernie Sanders is a name cesses in politics and in educa- The entire nation is familiar pen between now and the elec- Elizabeth Warren. These three most young voters are familiar tion. She has helped establish the with Donald Trump’s beliefs and tion. However if one was to try to political powers and are the most with. The Vermont senator ran a Consumer Financial Protection his policies. Some of these in- gauge the current situation based likely to secure a Democratic nom- popular media-centered campaign Bureau and has served as a law clude heightened border control, on the importance of unity, the ination in the upcoming election. in the 2016 presidential election, professor at several prestigious protection of the second amend- GOP is in a much better position While it is still much to but failed to secure the nomina- universities. Warren’s progres- ment, loosening of government to win than the Democratic Party. early to call anything, most tion. Seen as far too progressive sive platform has proposed com- restrictions on the economy, and Only time will tell whether the people can agree that the candi- by some, and as the future of the plete student loan forgiveness making sure America is respected democrats will all back one can- date most likely to be selected nation by others, Sanders has cre- and an increased tax on the upper by the international community. didate like the GOP has, or if they by the Democratic Party is Joe ated even more division among class to fund universal health- On one hand, Trump has will remain fractured and further Biden. The former Vice Presi- an already fragmented party. care. Policies such as these are accomplished a few of his 2016 damage their odds of success. dent announced his campaign Sanders’ campaign has usually alluring in theory, but campaign promises during his on August 25, 2019. The Demo- raised $18 million so far, and are met with challenges when it presidency, such as managing School Choice: What is right for our education system? BY DYLAN JOSEPH charter schools from Obama parts. Public schools, on the other some charters do waste money, derstatement, they are superior EL RODEO STAFF WRITER to Trump. Unlike many issues hand, have less control over what some fail, some are ineffective, but to public schools, and students facing America today, charter is taught and how it is taught. the beauty of free market compe- would be better off with broad- When Betsy Devos be- schools are viewed favorably Despite spending fifteen- tition is the lousy charter schools er access to them. I’d propose came the U.S secretary of edu- by both major political parties. thousand per student, the pub- fail and disappear, and the rest adopting a system similar to The cation, the debate about school In my opinion, charter lic school education system is improve and continue to excel. Nordic countries like Norway choice reignited. Her appoint- schools are superior in almost still broken. The solution is not To say charter schools or Sweden would improve the ment as Secretary left one crucial every way to public schools. For to pour more money into the are an improvement is an un- education system in America. question. What role should the example charter schools, unlike education department; it’s to government play in education? public schools, have an incen- get altogether rid of the system Charter schools are at the tive to compete for students. and replace it with something center of this debate. A charter As a result, they produce higher more efficient and productive. school is a publicly funded in- test scores, provide better educa- Many developed na- dependent school established tion, and best of all, decent food. tions have an education system by teachers, parents, or commu- The reason charter schools based on school choice. Swe- nity groups under the terms of a are better than public schools is den, Australia, New Zealand, charter with a local or national because they have room to ex- and other European nations. authority. They do not charge tu- periment with the curriculum. These countries outrank the U.S ition and have more flexibility in They can also implement what in many education categories. the curriculum taught to students. works and discard practices that However, there are some Politicians across the po- don’t work with relative ease downsides to charters. With free- litical aisle have supported compared to their public counter- dom, people do bad things, and With charter schools gaining popularity, could this be the end of public schools? Advisor.....Paul Zeko Reporter.....Ezra Blanco Reporter.....Flor Calderon Editor-in-Chief.....Kayla Perez El Rodeo is published monthly except during vacations by Reporter.....Araceli Correa Copy Editor.....Jennifer Becerra the El Rancho High School journalism class. The El Rodeo of- Reporter.....Marissa de la Cruz fices are located at 6501 S. Passons Blvd., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 Copy Editor.....Araceli Correa Reporter.....Stevie Dominguez in room X-1. The paper is printed by The Gardena Valley News. Copy Editor.....Alonzo Murrieta Reporter.....Antonio Escobar El Rodeo, the student newspaper of El Rancho High School is Reporter.....Rene Gallegos an open, public forum for student expression and an opportunity to Section Editors Reporter.....Grecia Haro-Flores discuss its audience’s issues of concern. 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