By Jessie Schirrick Posted October 15, 2014
Since the beginning of the year, the students and staff at Lowry have experienced a lot of changes in their schedule such as the elimination of block days, 50-minute class periods, and 30-minute lunches. The latter of which has caused several injuries, four fender benders, and an overall violation of the law.
“We implemented the shorter lunch periods to keep students from having time to partake in illegal activities during lunch. So far our plan seems to be shaping up nicely,” said Vice Principal Tim Connors.
Unbeknownst to Connors, the students who did illegal activities with a 45-minute lunch period are still doing them in a 30-minute lunch period, but are making time for it by skipping lunch, causing several cases of malnutrition and unhealthy weight loss.
There are some students that are still trying to consume as much as they normally did during the longer lunch period resulting in four choking incidents. Luckily, all students were able to be resuscitated.
Other students are taking the problem into their own hands and are skipping 5th period to make time for a longer lunch hour, resulting in multiple truancies and a significant decline in grades for those classes.
Even with these retaliations and afflictions, the administration is not budging.
“We think of this as a great way to weed out the weak ones, the ones that can’t figure out how to eat a nutritional meal in a short period of time. We don’t need students like that at this school, we produce young adults that are prepared for the rigors of surviving the short lunch breaks of the real world,” said Connors.
