By Leah Shoberg
As I’m sure most of you know, the High School is undergoing some pretty huge changes. Not only is the building expanding, but a lot of the rules are being “altered” as well, and some are being invented out of nowhere just for the sheer sake of control…..or safety.
Now some rules I can understand, they’re rational, and justified within themselves ie: “Don’t bring weapons to school.”
Duh,…..but then again, others are so blatantly unjustified, ie: “Four different colored passes, signed by a teacher, time left, where you’re going, why you are going there, and when you will be coming back. There are also ‘off-limits’ areas.” What? Off-limits areas? In a public school? Sign in/sign out sheets at the front door? Parents need to receive a name tag and a hall pass from the office in order to walk through the school that their taxes are paying for.
Anyhow, lets move on. The other half of the concern is the condition of the building. Granted, it is more spacious, but it seems a little extravagant. The lunch room resembles a food court in a shopping center. Neon signs, catchy names, round tables. Oh, and let’s not forget ‘The Pier.’ Now, no personal offense intended to those who thought of it, but ‘The Pier’ isn’t everything it was made out to be. Seen as how the round tables in the lunchroom only seat eight people we were allowed to use the tables in ‘The Pier’ as well during lunch. Even though there was an expansion and ‘hip’ tables were put in my friends and I still have a hard time finding a place to sit. Though the names for the buffet may be catchy the food never the less is still the same.
Enough about the lunch room, how about the rest of the building? Now, the new sections are nice, very new, very spacious, but again, it all seems way too flashy. It took me six weeks into school to locate the library, which is a lot larger and much nicer. However, why have I only found one shelf of ‘new’ literature and about 10 new computers that don’t even work? On the other hand, there are six computers with internet access, but then again, only six computers with AOL and 2000 students.
Some halls are larger, but the people traffic is just as bad. It’s not so much the lack of space, but the students who take their sweet time walking at a snail’s pace and those who cluster around lockers in groups and extend past the center of the hall. The construction is tedious, and seems to be taking forever. I could go on and on about pro’s and con’s, as I’m sure a lot of other people could. So we’ll just wait it out until the victorious (or bitter) end.