Ross arrested, students confused

Erika Jones • November 12, 2012

Students were shocked to see Mr. Ross, principal of Chapin High School, arrested by SWAT on Thursday, November 8, 2012, but the arrest was all part of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s pledge drive.
In order to be released, Ross was seeking to raise up to $2500 through personal donations to post bail.
“While it’s not a real jail, it’s even more important as I’m raising bail to help children and adults with muscle disease in my community who are supported by the vital work of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA),” Principal Ross said.
Ross was able to raise nearly $600 for the cause.

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Erika Jones, Business and Production Manager

Erika is a senior this year at Chapin and it is her second year on the newspaper staff. Her role is the Business and Production manager. She plans on studying early childhood education in college and would like to teach first grade. Erika loves writing, and is in the process of writing a novel. She has been working at HandPicked since November 2012 and loves her job a lot. She loves music, sings in the school concert choir and takes private voice lessons. Her head is often in other places than where it should be and can be known to be a bit of a procrastinator. She is extremely creative and artsy, and enjoys doing things that allow her to express herself. She loves to read books worth rereading (like her FAVORITE, Harry Potter, which you could say she's obsessed with) and she wants more than anything to travel the world.

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