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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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Please Note: Interested persons should use the event specific tabs at the top of this page to find my 2022-2023 Lesson Plans.

Current Topics


Policy Debate -- 2023-2024 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase fiscal redistribution in the United States by adopting a federal jobs guarantee, expanding Social Security, and/or providing a basic income.

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NOVICE Lincoln-Douglas Topic for MA ONLY (Definitely Through October)
Resolved: Inaction in the face of injustice makes individuals morally culpable.

NOVICE PF Topic for MA ONLY (Definitely Through October)

Resolved: The United States should institute term limits on its Supreme Court Justices.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Possible 2023-2024 Topics
2023 September/October
  • Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing. <<ACTUAL TOPIC
  • Resolved: The United States ought to substantially increase the use of nuclear power to generate electricity.
  • Resolved: The United States ought to establish a public option for banking.
2023 November/December
  • Resolved: States ought to prohibit resource extraction within the Arctic Circle.
  • Resolved: The United States ought to prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from federal public lands and waters. <<Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States federal government ought to implement a Social Wealth Fund.
2024 January/February
  • Resolved: The United States federal government ought to substantially strengthen its obligation of trust responsibility toward Indigenous Nations.
  • Resolved: The United States ought to recognize Iraqi Kurdistan.
  • Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region. <<Actual Topic
2024 March/April
  • Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.
  • Resolved: An inquisitorial justice system is preferable to an adversarial justice system.
  • Resolved: In the United States, the use of eminent domain to promote private enterprise is unjust.
​2024 National Tournament
  • Resolved: In a democracy, a people ought to have the right to secede from their government.
  • Resolved: Democracies ought to have electoral gender quotas.
  • Resolved: In a democracy, non-citizen residents ought to have the right to vote in national elections.​
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Public Forum Debate – Possible 2023-2024 Topics
2023 September/October
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its military presence in the Arctic.<<Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The benefits of European Union enlargement outweigh the harms.
2023 November/December
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should forgive all federal student loan debt. << Actual Topic
  • Resolved: On balance, the benefits of school choice programs in the United States outweigh the harms.
2024 January
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. <-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: On balance, the benefits of the Chevron deference doctrine outweigh the harms.
2024 February
  • Resolved: The Federative Republic of Brazil should prioritize its environmental protection over its economic development.
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should ban single-use plastics.
2024 March
  • Resolved: In the United States, collegiate student-athletes should be classified as employees of their educational institution.
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should restore the banking regulations of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.
2024 April
  • Resolved: The Republic of Korea should develop nuclear weapons.
  • Resolved: The United Nations should abolish permanent membership on its Security Council.
2024 National Tournament
  • Resolved: The United States should establish a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement with the European Union.
  • Resolved: On balance, the benefits of the EU-Mercosur free trade deal outweigh the harms.
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