News | Page 4 Entertainment | Page 13 Sports | Page 19 PV JUNIOR’S POST MALONE AND CATCH UP ON WHAT YOU MISSED HAMSTER ACHIEVES BROCKHAMPTON IN SPORTS DURING THE TIKTOK FAME DROP NEW ALBUMS 2019 FALL SEASON P E R K I O M E N V A L L E Y H I G H S C H O O L ‘ S Read Online At: PVVoice.com November 2019 The | Volume XXXIV,Voice No. 1 | Collegeville, PA 19426 TURF ON THE HORIZON PV Hires New Safety School Board Presents Research on Implementing Turf at PV Supervisor Maggie McGovern, News Editor Nicholas Young, fledged police force with News Writer the ability to execute ar- In preparation rests. for another school year Perkiomen Val- When it came to of sports, the school ley has employed Dean the question of having board has been over- Miller as the Safety Su- armed security, Mr. Mill- seeing multiple studies pervisor for the district; er stated, “Not only does focused on determining Miller, a former it have to come from an the possibility of ren- member of the Lans- administrative stand- ovating three athletic dale police department point, but it has to be fields on the high school for thirty two years and accepted by the commu- campus, most notably, lifetime volunteer fire- nity, the school board, by installing artificial fighter, gratefully brings students…” and that “It’s turf. his extensive knowledge a process that won’t hap- Mr. Glanski, the to the district to ensure pen overnight.” athletic director for the that all members are Dr. Russell ex- high school, presented kept safe. panded on that saying, the updates on capi- His job is to “We’ve had conversa- tal projects at the third purely “keep the district tions about a regional school board meeting in focused on the safety police force.” September, highlighting measures required of Another contro- the study that was con- them”, and “keep the versial topic is providing ducted by ELA Engineer- emergency plan current teachers with firearms in ing to determine how and relevant to Perkio- the belief that it will pro- realistic it is to replace men Valley.” tect students. When the three fields with artifi- Superintendent proposition was brought cial turf. Barbara Russell stated, up Mr. Miller explained, “We are one of “He’s learning about us “An officer responding the very few schools in right now. We’ve made to something involving a this part of the world upgrades in terms of se- shooting is [in the same] that does not have a turf curity cameras and tech- high stressed a mode as field...It’s not unrealis- nology software.” a person involved in that tic to think when we get While Mr. Mill- incident themselves.” out of school we start er brought up varying This would could building and when we emergency instances he create scenarios with start school next year needs to prepare for, in- higher risks of innocent it’s finished...This is the cluding weather related people getting hurt. Not closest we’ve been to it,” New sod has already been installed on the baseball field near Evergreen Elementary. events, fires, and even only does that weigh into explains Glanski. Photo: Isabelle Ewing viral outbreaks, the most the decision of arming teachers, but Mr. Mill- The studies were created different options ey field, and the hilltop Prior to the start of the discussed emergency in- used to estimate costs of cident among students er knows, as a father of based around protecting fields next to the cafe- 2019 school year, two a schoolteacher, “Many renovations and deter- wildlife and keeping the teria with artificial turf. applications of fertilizer and in the media is cer- mine the impact on the tainly school shootings. teachers don’t even want impact on the environ- Additionally, the track and weed-related upkeep that responsibility.” environment. The scien- ment and the community around the football sta- had been completed on In the wake of tists and the township, several of these mass While most news positive. dium would be replaced, the fields. Should the sources say that school who worked together The proposed using newer technology proposed plan succeed, shootings, schools in the throughout this process, area have taken differing safety is improving and plan thus far, in accor- to make the track more the artificial turf would classroom violence is de- had to observe wetlands, dance with the informa- level and improve its require less upkeep, in- measures. Methacton endangered animals has privately contract- clining, Mr. Miller’s ex- tion in the study, would quality. The entire plan cluding the occasional tensive background will present on campus, and include replacing the would center around grooming and a periodic ed out personnel while how the turf fields would Spring-Ford has con- further promote school football stadium field,keeping the athletic ar- inspection to determine safety throughout Perki- overall interact with the the baseball/field hock- eas clean and well-kept. structed their own full- environment. Then, they Cont. on Page 5 omen Valley. q Chromebooks Distributed to All Students Julia Gerberich, States Department of Homeland Se- News Writer curity defines ransomware as, “a type of malicious software, or malware, de- The new One-to-One program signed to deny access to a computer that PV has introduced district-wide as system or data until a ransom is paid.” of the 2019 school year is raising some While Souderton seems to be recov- questions about how the school is us- ering quickly, the proximity of the at- ing and protecting our technology. tack in relation to Perkiomen Valley The One-to-One program is has caused another wave of questions, the integration of Chromebooks into comments, and concerns - on top of an the education curriculum here at PV. already controversial topic. The decision to start this program was The actual implementation of put in place by the PVSD committee the program has led to more disputes who decided the Chromebooks would about the usage of Chromebooks, the be beneficial to students. different types of Chromebooks de- The Chromebooks are a new pending on grade level, and the tech- way for students to stay on top of their nology issues that have already sur- classes, type essays, and complete faced across the spectrum. online homework assignments. The A PV senior, Leanna Stroheck- Chromebook devices are able to be er, expressed her beliefs on the One-to- taken home and charged in order to be One program: “I use mine a lot when I ready for the following school day. am at home to get homework done and Additionally, the PV school do college apps. I wish that more of my district has put certain safety restric- teachers would utilize the Chrome- tions on the Chromebooks in order to books in class, because I usually don’t keep students safe. This is especially use it at all in school”. important because of the recent cy- Students like Leanna argue ber ransomware attacks at Souder- Chromebooks have created a more A group of Elementary school students hovered around their new Chromebook. ton Area School District. The United Cont. on Page 5 Source: pvsd.org 2 The Voice News November 2019 PA Ballots Changed for 2020 Jenna Marie Gasko, time before Election Day and the program until its debt is Layout Manager will be counted as long as the paid off. shipment date is beofre the The plans are expect- previous Friday of Election ed to strengthen voter turn Following the 2016, Day. Presidential Election, PA law out and make voting easier Previously, 110% of to not only the incoming vot- makers have moved and fi- all ballots were to be printed nally approved several bills er generations, but to make and kept until the next term it more accessable across the that will change the way state before they were thrown up. voters cast their vote and poopulations. While some ap- However, when economists prove of these new changes, how voting proctors go about and social activists analyzed tracking these votes. others are concerned with the amount of paper waste the privacy the new open ma- By the 2020, General upon the production of these Presidential Election, all of chines will offer and the pos- re-printed ballots, they are sible discardation of submit- Pennsylvanian voting booth decreasingthe number of bal- will be depleated into small- ed paper ballots. lots that are printed to 110% Lawmakers have not er machines open to public across all federal, state and lo- viewing. The voters them- commented as to whether or cal levels opposed to individu- not the new programs were selves will not actually use ally. this machine, instead, it will passed in response to the pos- The final addition sible Trump and Russian col- be a voting administrator who to the PA voting ballot, is the will take the voters paper bal- lusion, however, they do hope option to straight party vote. that these new plans will di- Protestors clash with Hong Kong Police force over Extradition Bill. lot, scan it into the machine To save time and encourage Source: latimes.com where it will not only be elec- minish any inquiry in regards voter turn out, voters can now to voter fraud, at least within tronically counted, but pro- vote for all of a political par- vide an audable paper trail. their state. ties canidates in all positions Following the next Absentee ballot dead- instead of having to do each lines are also being further major election, the voting individually. turnout rates will be com- pushed back upon the ac- In total, the chang- knowledgement that thou- pared to the previous elec- es to the traditional voting tion turnout rates to discover sands of absentee ballots are procedure is expected to cost discarded when they arrive whether or not their efforts Pennsylvania $150 million.