The plan to prevent foot-traffic in the busiest hall at the busiest time of the school day, 2:30 p.m., has spited many students because of the expected foot-traffic that will result in the other halls used as alternative routes.

First, CCSD bigwigs require that students go to school. If this were not bad enough, students are then discouraged from staying in school after the day ends. Would they, though, take the next step and shut down the hallway most congested with traffic during passing periods between classes?
 

You guessed it! Well, sort of. It turns out that the school district does not enact new policies just to spite the students because of publicity for notorious graduation rates. All the same, imagine for a moment how hard a

Charger’s life would be if someone in power suggested such a heinous thing like creating traffic.

 

11:00. First lunch begins. Might have to wait an extra three minutes for the bell to actually ring. Now lunch has begun. The backup in the hall is unbearable, yet students must get to the lunchroom within the first ten minutes. Hysteria is unleashed.
 

Some choose to take the scenic route by braving the rough neighborhood of portable city. The more religious elect to take the alley behind the 100 hall with the glass cage that was smashed, then painted, and then stuffed with Christmas decorations.
 

Those who are desperate (freshmen) try to take the senseless labyrinth of the 200 hall to avoid that rabid beast, the traffic, and are never seen again. The final record of their existence is a tardy slip filed on their behalf marked M.I.A. and their screams of fear of traffic.
 

Let us ask ourselves: if they (e.g. CCSD officials, the governor of Nevada, Russian spies) were to shut down the main hall, would the traffic be such a big deal?
 

Eh. Is it a big deal if a student cannot reach the bathroom because he or she is too busy crashing into other adolescent bodies? Is it a big deal if he or she cannot help but mark his or her territory on Charger turf or another passerby? Is it a big deal that Cesar has to clean up the student’s mess?
 

Uh, maybe? Ask Cesar.
 

Now breathe. Is the main hall really closed during passing period? Of course not, but please take care to clear out of the hall as fast as possible when the 2:30 bell is scheduled to ring (or at 2:33 when the bell actually rings). To those who walk slowly or stop in the hall to make out with their girlfriends, boyfriends, or mortal enemies, be courteous to those who wish to evacuate quickly. You are all lucky to not be in a school district that forces traffic upon its own students.