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Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

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Cliff Long, Place 1 on the City of Coppell Council, was elected to council in May 2014. Long emphasizes Coppell’s community members' concerns in his decisions on council.

Cliff Long

Minnie Gazawada, Staff Writer/Designer March 2, 2022

Coppell City Council Place 1 Cliff Long is a retired certified financial planner and has a background in accounting before taking up his new position. Long approaches his duty from the lens of a local...

Coppell Mayor Wes Mayz has served on the city council since 2012. Mays was elected as mayor of Coppell last May. Photo by Ashley Qian

Mayor Mays

Minnie Gazawada, Staff Writer/Designer March 2, 2022

Before being elected to city council in 2012, Coppell Mayor West Mays was president of two homeowner associations; his background exposed him to city politics allowing him to succeed in his position. What...

The Coppell City Council Place 3 runoff election ended June 5. Don Carroll won the runoff with 55.03% and 1,789 votes.

Carroll wins runoff election for council Place 3

Akhila Gunturu, Executive News Editor June 12, 2021

Don Carroll was elected to Place 3 on the Coppell City Council on June 5 following a runoff against Davin Bernstein. Carroll won with 55.03% and 1,789 votes, and Bernstein received 44.97% and 1,462 votes.  “I'm...

City council Place 5 John Jun greets early voters for the runoff election for Coppell City Council outside of Coppell Town Center on Dec. 2. Jun defeated Jim Walker in Tuesday’s runoff election for Coppell City Council.

Jun wins runoff for council Place 5

Shivi Sharma, Executive News Editor December 9, 2020

John Jun was elected to Place 5 on the Coppell City Council on Tuesday after defeating Jim Walker in a runoff election. Jun won the runoff with 60.2% and 1,918 total votes, while Walker received 39.7%...

Coppell parent Dan Koller has written over 100 postcards since July as part of Postcards to Swing States, an initiative encouraging voter participation in the 2020 election. Postcards to Swing States is a nonpartisan initiative that encourages people to vote in 14 swing states, including Texas.

Conducting local elections during pandemic

Shivi Sharma, Executive News Editor September 28, 2020

I vote in every election because... Each of the over 100 letters Coppell parent and former 2018 Coppell ISD Board of Trustees candidate Dan Koller signed as part of Vote Forward, a nonpartisan initiative...

Coppell Mayor Karen Hunt addresses citizens during a City Council meet in Oct. 2015.

City Council to raise health and lower tax

Grant Spicer, Staff Writer September 1, 2016

  While the students of Coppell High School were taking a break from schoolwork, Mayor Hunt and the Coppell City Council were busy working on this year’s upcoming budget changes, proposed...

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