When you think think of high school what come to your mind? Parties every week,dances, or going to your school's football games. What if it was the reverse of all of that, mass fights at sporting events, over 100 arrests due to alcohol. These situations have been going on at Smith High School for the past couple of weeks. Problems with violence and alcohol abuse have spun out of control,so the school has taken drastic action to stop it. The school has introduced a new conduct toward student behavior that will take place in 2009. Some of the new rules include: A searching of bags or purses,any alcohol related arrests with result in expulsion, and many more. While some student think these rules are outrageous others think the are mandatory. The rules that will be going into effect are absolutely necessary in order to maintain a safe school and a safe environment.
The reason I agree with the new regulations is because I believe they will lead the school to becoming a safer place not only for the students but others as well. Over the course of 10 years more than 320 arrests have been made at Smith High School. Fellow students and students peers also had their comments on the new rules. Manny Porcello, a security guard at Smith High says,” I’m glad that this new policy was put into affect.It had gotten to the point where we had to …show more content…
Rita O’Malley, a teacher at Smith High says,” Honestly it's really not as bad as they say...The school’s new policies are really harsh….But the the searches are unconstitutional.” Unconstitutional? Coming from a teacher I find this hard to believe. How are searches unconstitutional? What if during one of the football games a suspicious man walks in with a backpack. And with him weapons. Now what? This could result in a mass shooting. If the security guards were to check this man bag they would have found the weapons and arrested him. Still think these new rules are
The reason I agree with the new regulations is because I believe they will lead the school to becoming a safer place not only for the students but others as well. Over the course of 10 years more than 320 arrests have been made at Smith High School. Fellow students and students peers also had their comments on the new rules. Manny Porcello, a security guard at Smith High says,” I’m glad that this new policy was put into affect.It had gotten to the point where we had to …show more content…
Rita O’Malley, a teacher at Smith High says,” Honestly it's really not as bad as they say...The school’s new policies are really harsh….But the the searches are unconstitutional.” Unconstitutional? Coming from a teacher I find this hard to believe. How are searches unconstitutional? What if during one of the football games a suspicious man walks in with a backpack. And with him weapons. Now what? This could result in a mass shooting. If the security guards were to check this man bag they would have found the weapons and arrested him. Still think these new rules are