About a month ago, I went to my car with a friend to grab my laptop and a sweatshirt. On the walk back from my car, I noticed that there were two administrators waiting at the door. As I got closer, they began lecturing me and other students trying to get back into the school about not being allowed to go to the parking lot during school hours. They continued, accusing me of having no regard for school policy. Ending the lecture was a speech about how the next time I was caught going into the parking lot during lunch, it would result in an in school suspension. Seriously? An in-school suspension for going out to the parking lot during lunch? As high schoolers, shouldn’t we be allowed to go outside the school while remaining on school grounds? Where’s the trust? My recent encounter with the GCM administration reflects an underlying issue: the relationship between the administration here at Marshall and the students seems to be devoid of trust. It seems slightly ludicrous that students are subject to being searched for simply going to their cars to grab something during lunch. Especially with the upcoming construction and the projected student population increase, administration will have to place a little faith in its students. I understand that there is a closed-campus policy here at Marshall and that by not allowing students to go to the parking lot during school, administration is trying to enforce this. However, I do not feel that this is a valid reason to make going to the parking lot a violation of school policy. The parking lot is technically part of Marshall campus, so as long as students do not leave, there really is no violation. The administrative staff at Marshall needs to re-prioritize the rules it enforces. This is a high school, not a day care. Have a little faith in the student body.
2011-06-07