diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/functions.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/functions.php
index 5033f69e..13ebb4f7 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/functions.php
+++ b/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/functions.php
@@ -68,6 +68,36 @@ function admin_styles() {
 }
 add_action( 'admin_head', 'Mitlib\News\admin_styles' );
 
+/**
+ * Remove parent theme page templates.
+ *
+ * The Parent theme includes a number of page templates which are meant for only
+ * one page, and which are not relevant to the News theme. This function removes
+ * those irrelevant templates from the list of available options shown to page
+ * editors within the News theme.
+ *
+ * @param array $page_templates The list of available page templates in the theme.
+ */
+function prune_inherited_templates( $page_templates ) {
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-featured-news.php'] );
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-home.php'] );
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-hours.php'] );
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-location-2021.php'] );
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-location.php'] );
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-map-locations.php'] );
+	unset( $page_templates['templates/page-study-spaces.php'] );
+
+	return $page_templates;
+}
+add_filter( 'theme_page_templates', 'Mitlib\News\prune_inherited_templates' );
+
+/**
+ * ============================================================================
+ * ============================================================================
+ * These functions are defined here, without adding them via add_action. They
+ * may be called by the templates within the theme.
+ */
+
 /**
  * This function trims a WP excerpt at a word limit defined by $limit. If no
  * limit (or a negative number) is received, the entire excerpt is returned.
diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/page-last-year.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/page-last-year.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 63a137e5..00000000
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/page-last-year.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Template Name: Last Year Archive
- *
- * @package MITlib_News
- * @since 0.1.0
- */
-
-namespace Mitlib\News;
-
-$pageRoot = getRoot( $post );
-$section = get_post( $pageRoot );
-$isRoot = $section->ID == $post->ID;
-
-get_header(); ?>
-<?php
-the_excerpt_max_charlength( 140 );
-
-/**
- * Trim a post excerpt at a provided length.
- *
- * @param int $charlength The length of desired excerpt.
- */
-function the_excerpt_max_charlength( $charlength ) {
-	$excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
-	$charlength++;
-
-	if ( mb_strlen( $excerpt ) > $charlength ) {
-		$subex = mb_substr( $excerpt, 0, $charlength - 5 );
-		$exwords = explode( ' ', $subex );
-		$excut = - ( mb_strlen( $exwords[ count( $exwords ) - 1 ] ) );
-		if ( $excut < 0 ) {
-			// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- not sure what it will take to escape this properly.
-			echo mb_substr( $subex, 0, $excut );
-			// phpcs:enable -- Start scanning again.
-		} else {
-			return $subex;
-		}
-		echo '[...]';
-	} else {
-		return $excerpt;
-	}
-}
-
-?>
-<?php get_template_part( 'inc/sub-header' ); ?>
-
-<div class="wrap-page">
-<div id="primary" class="content-area">
-	<main id="main" class="content-main" role="main">
-	<?php
-	// query selects posts from the last 30-60 days:
-	// aug - sept - oct.
-	$args = array(
-		'date_query' => array(
-
-			array(
-
-				'column' => 'post_date_gmt',
-				'before' => '210 days ago',
-
-			),
-			array(
-
-				'column' => 'post_date_gmt',
-				'after'  => 'last year',
-
-			),
-		),
-	);
-
-	$the_query = new \WP_Query( $args );
-
-
-	?>
-
-	<div class="mit-container">
-	  <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
-			<?php
-			while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
-				$the_query->the_post();
-				?>
-	  <div class="flex-item eventsBox <?php echo esc_attr( check_image() ); ?>"
-		onClick='location.href="<?php echo esc_url( get_post_permalink() ); ?>"'>
-				<?php if ( get_field( 'mark_as_new' ) === true ) : ?>
-		<?php endif; ?>
-				<?php
-				if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
-					$thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id();
-					$thumb_url_array = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $thumb_id, 'thumbnail-size', true );
-					$thumb_url = $thumb_url_array[0];
-
-					?>
-		<img src="<?php echo esc_url( $thumb_url ); ?>" width="100%" height="200" />
-				<?php	} ?>
-		<h2 class="title-post">
-				<?php the_title(); ?>
-		</h2>
-		<br />
-		<div class="excerpt-post">
-				<?php the_excerpt_max_charlength( 140 ); ?>
-		</div>
-				<?php
-
-				$mitDate = get_field( 'event_date' );
-				$mitDate = date( 'l t Y', strtotime( $mitDate ) );
-
-				?>
-		<div class="event"><?php echo esc_html( $mitDate ); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="time">
-				<?php
-				if ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) {
-						echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_start_time' ) );
-				}
-				?>
-				<?php
-				if ( ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) && ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) ) {
-								 echo '-';
-				}
-				?>
-				<?php
-				if ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) {
-							echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_end_time' ) );
-				}
-				?>
-		  </span> </div>
-		<!--EVENT --> 
-		
-		<!--/EVENT  DATE-->
-		
-		<div class="category-post">
-				<?php
-				$category = get_the_category();
-				if ( $category[0] ) {
-					echo '<a href="' . esc_url( get_category_link( $category[0]->term_id ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $category[0]->cat_name ) . '</a>';
-				}
-				?>
-		  <span class="mitDate">&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span> </div>
-	  </div>
-	  <?php endwhile; else : ?>
-	  
-	  <!-- The very first "if" tested to see if there were any Posts to --> 
-	  <!-- display.  This "else" part tells what do if there weren't any. -->
-	  <p>
-		  <?php esc_html_e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?>
-	  </p>
-	  <!-- REALLY stop The Loop. -->
-	  <?php endif; ?>
-	  <?php wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>
-	</div>
-	<!--closes flexcontainer--> 
-	</main>
-	<!-- #main --> 
-</div>
-<!-- #primary -->
-<div class="moreBtn" style="">
-	<?php get_template_part( 'inc/related' ); ?>
-</div>
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/page-subscribe.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/page-subscribe.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ac769199..00000000
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/page-subscribe.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Template Name: Subscribe
- *
- * @package MITlib_News
- * @since 0.1.0
- */
-
-namespace Mitlib\News;
-
-$pageRoot = getRoot( $post );
-$section = get_post( $pageRoot );
-$isRoot = $section->ID == $post->ID;
-
-get_header(); ?>
-	<div class="newsSubHeader clearfix">
-<div class="innerPadding clearfix">
-<div class="title-page no-padding-left col-xs-12  col-sm-12 col-md-5 col-lg-5">
-	
-	<?php if ( is_single( $post ) ) { ?>
-		<h2 class="name-site2"><a href="/news/">News &amp; events</a></h2>
-	  <?php } else { ?>
-	
-	<h1 class="name-site"><a href="/news/">News &amp; events</a>
-		<?php
-		if ( is_category() ) {
-			printf( '<span>' . ': ' . single_cat_title( '', false ) . '</span>' );
-		}
-		?>
-			
-	</h1>
-	
-	<?php } ?>
-	
-	</div>   
-<div class="socialNav singleSocialNav hidden-xs not_on_phone socialNav col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-7  col-lg-7 clearfix ">
-
-	<?php get_template_part( 'inc/social' ); ?>
-</div>
-
-
-<hr class="news hidden-xs col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 clearfix">
-
-</div><!--innerpadding-->
-</div><!--news-->
-</div>
-<div class="clearfix">
-
-
-
-	<?php
-	while ( have_posts() ) :
-		the_post();
-		?>
-		<div class="container">
-		<div class="row">
-		
-			
-
-		
-<div class="col-xs-12 col-xs-B-12 col-xs-B-12 col-sm-9 col-lg-9">
-	
-			
-		
-				
-		<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
-		<div class="featuredImage">
-			<?php
-			// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- Needs wp_kses to escape this, or a different native WP function.
-			echo the_post_thumbnail( 700, 300 );
-			// phpcs:enable -- Start scanning again.
-			?>
-		
-		</div>	
-		<?php endif; ?>
-		
-		
-		<div class="entry-content">
-			<?php if ( ! $isRoot ) : ?>
-			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
-			<?php endif; ?>
-			<?php the_content(); ?>
-			
-		</div>
-		
-
-			
-			</div>
-	
-	
-	<div class="col-xs-12 col-xs-B-11 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3">
-		<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
-	
-		<div id="sidebarContent" class="sidebar span3">
-		<div class="sidebarWidgets">
-			<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'subscribe' ); ?>
-		</div>
-	</div>		
-
-		<?php endif; ?>	
-
-
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-		<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
-<div class="container">
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
diff --git a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/test-template.php b/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/test-template.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 23a6eb66..00000000
--- a/web/app/themes/mitlib-news/templates/test-template.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,402 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Template Name: Test Template
- *
- * @package MITlib_News
- * @since 0.1.0
- */
-
-namespace Mitlib\News;
-
-get_header();
-?>
-
-<?php get_template_part( 'inc/sub-header' ); ?>
-
-
-
-<div class="news-site container">
-	<section class="bgGrey">
-	
-	<?php
-	$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
-	$args = array(
-		'posts_per_page'      => 1,
-		'post__in'            => $sticky,
-		'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
-		'orderby'       => 'menu_order',
-		'order'         => 'ASC',
-		'suppress_filters' => false,
-	);
-	$query2 = new \WP_Query( $args );
-	if ( $query2->have_posts() ) :
-		while ( $query2->have_posts() ) :
-			$query2->the_post();
-			?>
-
-			<?php if ( isset( $sticky[0] ) ) { ?>
-	<div class="row">
-			  <div class="col-md-8" onClick='location.href="<?php echo esc_url( get_post_permalink() ); ?>"' style="padding-right:0px;" > <?php echo esc_html( get_currentuserinfo() ); ?>
-
-					<img src="<?php the_field( 'featuredListImg' ); ?> "width="679" height="256" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /> 
-			 </div>
-			  <div class="bgWhite col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4" onClick='location.href="<?php echo esc_url( get_post_permalink() ); ?>"'>
-			 <h2><?php the_title(); ?> </h2>
-		
-				<?php
-				if ( get_field( 'event_date' ) ) {
-					$mitDate = get_field( 'event_date' );
-					$mitDate = date( 'l t Y', strtotime( $mitDate ) );
-					?>
-		<div class="event"><?php echo esc_html( $mitDate ); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="time">
-					<?php
-					if ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) {
-						echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_start_time' ) );
-					}
-					?>
-					<?php
-					if ( ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) && ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) ) {
-								 echo '-';
-					}
-					?>
-					<?php
-					if ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) {
-							echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_end_time' ) );
-					}
-					?>
-		  </span> </div>
-				<?php } ?>
-		<!--EVENT --> 
-		
-		<!--/EVENT  DATE-->
-		
-		<div class="excerpt-post">
-		  <p>
-					<?php
-					// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- need wp_kses for this, and more time.
-					if ( excerpt() ) {
-						echo excerpt( 20 );
-					} elseif ( content() ) {
-						echo content( 20 );
-					}
-					// phpcs:enable -- Start scanning again.
-					?>
-		  </p>
-		</div>
-		<div class="category-post">
-				  <?php
-					$category = get_the_category();
-					if ( $category[0] ) {
-						echo '<a title="' . esc_attr( $category[0]->cat_name ) . '" href="' . esc_url( get_category_link( $category[0]->term_id ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $category[0]->cat_name ) . '</a>';
-					}
-					?>
-		  <span class="mitDate">&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span> 
-		  <!--echo all the cat --> 
-		  
-		</div>
-	  </div>
-	</div>
-				<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
-				<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
-	  <?php } ?>
-	<?php endwhile; ?>
-	 <?php endif; ?>
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	<div>
-	
-	
-	
-	  <?php
-		$args = array(
-			'posts_per_page'      => 9,
-			'post_type' => array( 'Spotlights', 'bibliotech', 'post' ),
-			'post__not_in'            => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
-			'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
-			'orderby'       => 'menu_order',
-			'order'         => 'ASC',
-			'suppress_filters' => false,
-
-		);
-		$the_query = new \WP_Query( $args );
-
-
-		?>
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	
-	<div class="row">
-	  <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
-			<?php
-			while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
-				$the_query->the_post();
-
-
-				?>
-	<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4">
-	  <div class="hentry flex-item blueTop eventsBox <?php echo esc_attr( check_image() ); ?>"
-		onClick='location.href="
-				<?php
-				if ( ( '' != get_field( 'external_link' ) ) && 'spotlights' == $post->post_type ) {
-					the_field( 'external_link' );
-				} else {
-					echo esc_url( get_post_permalink() );
-				}
-				?>
-		"'>
-				<?php if ( 'spotlights' == $post->post_type ) { ?>
-		<div class="featuredCol">Featured collection</div>
-		<?php } ?>
-				<?php if ( 'spotlights' == $post->post_type ) { ?>
-		<div class="featuredColImg"> <img src="/wp-content/themes/mit-libraries-news/images/info.png" alt="featured" width="31" height="27" /> </div>
-		<?php } ?>
-				<?php if ( get_field( 'mark_as_new' ) === true ) : ?>
-		<div class="newIcon"></div>
-		<?php endif; ?>
-				<?php
-				if ( get_field( 'listImg' ) != '' ) {
-					?>
-		<img src="<?php the_field( 'listImg' ); ?>" width="100%" height="111"  alt="<?php the_title(); ?>"/>
-		 <h2 class="entry-title title-post"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
-			<!--/EVENT  DATE-->
-					<?php
-					if ( get_field( 'event_date' ) ) {
-						$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat( 'Ymd', get_field( 'event_date' ) );
-
-						?>
-		<div class="event"><?php echo esc_html( $date->format( 'F, j Y' ) ); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="time">
-						<?php
-						if ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) {
-								echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_start_time' ) );
-						}
-						?>
-						<?php
-						if ( ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) && ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) ) {
-								 echo '-';
-						}
-						?>
-						<?php
-						if ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) {
-								echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_end_time' ) );
-						}
-						?>
-		  </span> </div>
-			<?php } ?>
-		<!--EVENT --> 
-		
-		<div class="excerpt-post">
-		  <p class="entry-summary">
-					<?php
-					  $newsTitle = get_the_content();
-						$newsTitle = strlen( $newsTitle );
-
-
-					if ( ( $newsTitle >= 50 ) && has_excerpt( $post->ID ) ) {
-						// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- need wp_kses for this.
-						echo excerpt( 30 );
-						// phpcs:enable -- Start scanning again.
-						echo 'excertp greater then';
-
-
-					}
-
-
-					?>
-		  
-		  
-		   
-		  </p>
-		</div>
-		
-		
-		
-		
-					<?php
-				} elseif ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
-					$thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id();
-					$thumb_url_array = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $thumb_id, 'thumbnail-size', true );
-					$thumb_url = $thumb_url_array[0];
-					?>
-		<img src="<?php echo esc_url( $thumb_url ); ?>" width="100%" height="200" />
-		 <h2><?php the_title(); ?> </h2>
-			<!--/EVENT  DATE-->
-					<?php
-					if ( get_field( 'event_date' ) ) {
-						$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat( 'Ymd', get_field( 'event_date' ) );
-
-						?>
-		<div class="event"><?php echo esc_html( $date->format( 'F, j Y' ) ); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="time">
-						<?php
-						if ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) {
-							  echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_start_time' ) );
-						}
-						?>
-						<?php
-						if ( ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) && ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) ) {
-								 echo '-';
-						}
-						?>
-						<?php
-						if ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) {
-							  echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_end_time' ) );
-						}
-						?>
-		  </span> </div>
-				<?php } ?>
-		<!--EVENT --> 
-		
-		<div class="excerpt-post">
-		  <p class="entry-summary">
-					<?php
-					// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- need wp_kses for this.
-					if ( excerpt() ) {
-							 echo excerpt( 15 );
-					} elseif ( content() ) {
-						echo content( 15 );
-					}
-					// phpcs:enable -- Start scanning again.
-					?>
-		  </p>
-		</div>
-		
-		
-		<!--final **** else-->
-				<?php } else { ?>
-		<h2 class="entry-title title-postnoImg"> <?php the_title(); ?> </h2>
-		
-	
-		
-		 <!--/EVENT  DATE-->
-					<?php
-					if ( get_field( 'event_date' ) ) {
-							$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat( 'Ymd', get_field( 'event_date' ) );
-
-						?>
-		<div class="event">
-
-						<?php echo esc_html( $date->format( 'F, j Y' ) ); ?>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="time">
-						<?php
-						if ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) {
-							echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_start_time' ) );
-						}
-						?>
-						<?php
-						if ( ( get_field( 'event_start_time' ) ) && ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) ) {
-								 echo '-';
-						}
-						?>
-						<?php
-						if ( get_field( 'event_end_time' ) ) {
-								  echo esc_html( the_field( 'event_end_time' ) );
-						}
-						?>
-		  </span> </div>
-		<?php } ?>
-		<!--EVENT --> 
-		
-	   
-		
-		
-		<div class="excerpt-post">
-		  <p class="entry-summary">
-					<?php
-					// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped -- need wp_kses for this.
-					if ( excerpt() ) {
-							 echo excerpt( 30 );
-					} elseif ( content() ) {
-						echo content( 30 );
-					}
-					// phpcs:enable -- Start scanning again.
-					?>
-		  </p>
-		</div>
-		
-		<?php } ?>
-		
-		<div class="category-post 
-				<?php
-				if ( get_post_type( get_the_ID() ) == 'bibliotech' ) {
-					echo 'Bibliotech';}
-				?>
-		">
-		
-				<?php
-				if ( get_post_type( get_the_ID() ) == 'bibliotech' ) {
-					echo "<div class='bilbioImg'><img src='wp-content/themes/mit-libraries-news/images/bilbioTechIcon.png' alt='bilbiotech icon' width='30' height='32' /></div>";
-					echo "<div class='biblioPadding'>&nbsp;<a href='/news/bibliotech/' title='Bibliotech'>Bibliotech</a>";
-
-
-				} else {
-
-
-
-					$category = get_the_category();
-
-
-					$rCat = count( $category );
-					$r = rand( 0, $rCat - 1 );
-					echo '<a title="' . esc_attr( $category[ $r ]->cat_name ) . '" href="' . esc_url( get_category_link( $category[ $r ]->term_id ) ) . '">' . esc_html( $category[ $r ]->cat_name ) . '</a>';
-
-				}
-				?>
-			
-	
-		  <span class="mitDate"> <time class="updated"  datetime="<?php echo get_the_date(); ?>">&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php echo get_the_date(); ?></time></span> </div>
-	  </div>
-	 </div> 
-	 
-				<?php if ( get_post_type( get_the_ID() ) == 'bibliotech' ) { ?>   
-	 </div><!--close div that opens in bilbio if statement-->
-<?php } ?>	  
-	
-	
-
-	 
-	 
-			<?php endwhile; ?>
-	  <?php endif; ?>
-	  <?php wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>
-	</div>
-	</div><!--closes ROW-->
-	</section>
-</div>
-<div class="container">
-<div id="postContainer" class="row" style="display:none">... loading ...</div>
-
-<div class="moreBtn">
-	<button id="another">Show more</button>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<script>
-var $j = jQuery.noConflict(); 
-$j(function(){
-	var offset = 9;
-	var limit = 9;
-	$j("#postContainer").load("/news/test/");
-	$j("#another").click(function(){
-		limit = limit+9;
-		offset = offset+9;
-		$j("#postContainer")
-			//.slideUp()
-			.load("/news/test/?offset="+offset+"&limit="+limit, function() {
-			 //.load("/news/test/?offset="+offset, function() {
-			   $j(this).slideDown();
-			   //$j("#another").remove();
-			   
-		});
-			
-		return false;
-	});
-
-});
-</script>
-<?php
-	get_footer();
-?>