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Welcome to the Official Website of Sheryl Kaczmarek, Director of Debate at Lexington H.S.

In these pages you will find course information for all of the debate classes offered at Lexington High School, in addition to information about all of the debate tournaments we will attend this school year.

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Current Topics

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Policy Debate -- 2024-2025 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
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NOVICE Lincoln-Douglas Topic for MA ONLY (Definitely Through October)
Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Possible 2024-2025 Topics

September/October 2024
Resolved: The United States ought to adopt carbon pricing.
Resolved: The United States ought to substantially increase restrictions on the Commander in Chief powers of the President of the United States.
Resolved: The United States ought to require that workers receive a living wage. <<Actual Topic

November/December 2024
Resolved: The United States ought to substantially increase incentives for nuclear power production.
Resolved: The United States ought to adopt a wealth tax. <<Actual Topic
Resolved: The Commonwealth of Australia ought to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

January/February 2025
Resolved: The United States ought to formally recognize one or more of the following: Iraqi Kurdistan, the Republic of China, the Republic of Somaliland.
Resolved: The United States ought to remove all or nearly all of its economic sanctions on one or more of the following: Islamic Republic of Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Resolved: The United States ought to become party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and/or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. <<Actual Topic
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March/April 2025
Resolved: Social media ought to be regulated as a public utility.
Resolved: The development of Artificial General Intelligence is immoral. <<Actual Topic
Resolved: The United States ought to ban non-therapeutic human genetic engineering.
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NCFL Nationals 2025
Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.

NSDA Nationals 2025
Resolved: Violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.
Resolved: A just society ought to prefer social ownership to private ownership.
Resolved: The United States ought to enact electoral reform that replaces the plurality voting system in federal elections.

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Public Forum Debate – Possible 2024-2025 Topics

​September/October 2024
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Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially expand its surveillance infrastructure along its southern border. << Actual Topic
Resolved: The United Mexican States should substantially increase private sector participation in its energy industry.


November/December 2024
Resolved: The United States should substantially reduce its military support of Taiwan. 
<< Actual Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should eliminate its intercontinental ballistic missiles.

January 2025
Resolved: The East African Community Partner States should establish the East African Federation.
Resolved: The African Union should grant diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state. 
 << Actual Topic

February 2025
Resolved: The United States should accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. <<Actual Topic
Resolved: International financial institutions should cancel all outstanding public debt from fossil fuel projects in low- and middle-income countries (LIMC). 


March 2025
Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms. <<Actual Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should ban corporate acquisition of single-family residences.


April 2025
Resolved: The United States federal government should eliminate its agricultural subsidies for domestic corn production.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in domestic nuclear energy. 
<<Actual Topic

Nationals 2025
To Be Determined Part Way Through the Season
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Big Questions

Resolved: Creativity is a more powerful force than intelligence.

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