Teachers Concerned with Amount of Students Skipping Class
Teachers and administration notice increased on-going problem with people leaving campus unauthorized.
By Mia Howell
Teachers and administration notice increased on-going problem with people leaving campus unauthorized.
By Mia Howell
As we enter the last grading period of the semester, teachers on campus have been growing concerned with the number of students leaving campus during FLEX and lunch. Pioneer High School is a closed campus. However, this rule is commonly broken by many students due to its lack of enforcement. Since the science wing has the closest classrooms to the corner of Mustang Way, multiple science teachers, such as physics teacher Colleen McDonough, have seen students leaving campus without permission.
“I notice students leaving campus, it seems as if they are leaving campus without a valid pass and it seems as if this is happening during the regular school day,” said McDonough.
One main concern of this school year is the amount of students wandering the campus during FLEX. As a result of this, new campus policies have been created and enforced.
“During FLEX we had a lot of students wandering around, so we implemented the FLEX plan for students with Fs to go to the classes they need help with,” said Assistant Principal Tim Gavello of Student Services. “It helps us identify where students are.”
The FLEX plan requires students with Ds or Fs to go to the classes with those grades. Additionally, students can only go to teachers whom they have and the library is closed unless they make an appointment through the FLEX app.
In addition to the FLEX plan, two bathroom passes and one nurse pass were passed out to all classrooms. Students are required to wear the lanyards whenever leaving class. Although the passes are new, some teachers and students on campus already dislike them.
“I don't like giving my high school students lanyards to wear around their neck to go to the bathroom,” said physics teacher Trevor Davis. “I think we need someone, especially at the front corner of Mustang Way and Blossom Hill every passing period.”
With the amount of students leaving campus during the school day, some people on campus have brought up the idea of an open campus.
“We should have an open campus because it will ease the traffic flow to the cafeteria because people would be getting food off campus,” said Riley Oba, 11. “It gives students time to have a break off campus and get ready to have another hour or two of school.”
Closed campuses are a district-wide policy.
“This is a SJUSD rule. We used to have open campuses, and there was a student who got into a crash so after that SJUSD implemented closed campus rules,” said Gavello.
Despite the policy, and the threat of lunch detentions and Saturday School, students are still leaving campus.
“We have a campus supervisor and administrator at each corner at certain parts of the day to limit students leaving during FLEX and lunch,” said Gavello.
However, students that are permitted to leave campus during lunch due to their schedule have noticed leniency when it comes to checking passes.
“Sometimes the campus passes and parking passes get checked, recently they haven’t been strict about it but when he does check them, he stands by the end of the parking lot and looks for them on the cars windshield,” said Fiona Provines, 12. “ I personally don’t see admin monitoring the corner of Mustang Way when I leave campus.”
“I notice students leaving campus, it seems as if they are leaving campus without a valid pass and it seems as if this is happening during the regular school day,” said McDonough.
One main concern of this school year is the amount of students wandering the campus during FLEX. As a result of this, new campus policies have been created and enforced.
“During FLEX we had a lot of students wandering around, so we implemented the FLEX plan for students with Fs to go to the classes they need help with,” said Assistant Principal Tim Gavello of Student Services. “It helps us identify where students are.”
The FLEX plan requires students with Ds or Fs to go to the classes with those grades. Additionally, students can only go to teachers whom they have and the library is closed unless they make an appointment through the FLEX app.
In addition to the FLEX plan, two bathroom passes and one nurse pass were passed out to all classrooms. Students are required to wear the lanyards whenever leaving class. Although the passes are new, some teachers and students on campus already dislike them.
“I don't like giving my high school students lanyards to wear around their neck to go to the bathroom,” said physics teacher Trevor Davis. “I think we need someone, especially at the front corner of Mustang Way and Blossom Hill every passing period.”
With the amount of students leaving campus during the school day, some people on campus have brought up the idea of an open campus.
“We should have an open campus because it will ease the traffic flow to the cafeteria because people would be getting food off campus,” said Riley Oba, 11. “It gives students time to have a break off campus and get ready to have another hour or two of school.”
Closed campuses are a district-wide policy.
“This is a SJUSD rule. We used to have open campuses, and there was a student who got into a crash so after that SJUSD implemented closed campus rules,” said Gavello.
Despite the policy, and the threat of lunch detentions and Saturday School, students are still leaving campus.
“We have a campus supervisor and administrator at each corner at certain parts of the day to limit students leaving during FLEX and lunch,” said Gavello.
However, students that are permitted to leave campus during lunch due to their schedule have noticed leniency when it comes to checking passes.
“Sometimes the campus passes and parking passes get checked, recently they haven’t been strict about it but when he does check them, he stands by the end of the parking lot and looks for them on the cars windshield,” said Fiona Provines, 12. “ I personally don’t see admin monitoring the corner of Mustang Way when I leave campus.”