Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) should start rewarding its high school honors students with an open campus lunch. Open campus lunch can be defined as a school policy that allows its high school students to go off the campus during their lunch period. Open campus lunch policy can be set only by the school themselves. With this policy, high school students are encouraged to perform well in the school to obtain the privilege of going off campus to grab a satisfying lunch instead of subpar cafeteria food. Open-campus lunch offers plenty of benefits. The policy encourages high school students to go to Frederick downtown, which means the local businesses will benefit from this increased traffic. Open campus lunch also provides high school
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However, issues always seem to arise and prevent the school from continuing the policy. MSD’s high school Assistant Principal Chet Virnig looked into open campus lunch, but decided not to; he argued that open campus lunch is “complex and time-consuming” (2017). Although this is his second year working in high school at MSD, he lacks the knowledge of MSD’s past policies and actions toward open campus lunch. He feels that MSD should not focus on this issue, but instead focus on improving the education system. Ultimately, Maryland School for the Deaf high school does not have open campus due to several issues that occurred the last implementation: immature teenage behavior, socio-economic factors, and time …show more content…
This can be true for a variety of reasons. Parents may prohibit their child from going off campus. Or the child also may not have enough money to afford Frederick downtown’s expensive food. The student may not even be an upperclassman. Reasons why the child might not be able to go off campus are not only limited to these. The child may feel disappointed about her or his inability to go off campus for lunch. One solution for this issue: MSD can throw a party where they provide free pizzas for honors students who do not want to or cannot go off campus for
However, issues always seem to arise and prevent the school from continuing the policy. MSD’s high school Assistant Principal Chet Virnig looked into open campus lunch, but decided not to; he argued that open campus lunch is “complex and time-consuming” (2017). Although this is his second year working in high school at MSD, he lacks the knowledge of MSD’s past policies and actions toward open campus lunch. He feels that MSD should not focus on this issue, but instead focus on improving the education system. Ultimately, Maryland School for the Deaf high school does not have open campus due to several issues that occurred the last implementation: immature teenage behavior, socio-economic factors, and time …show more content…
This can be true for a variety of reasons. Parents may prohibit their child from going off campus. Or the child also may not have enough money to afford Frederick downtown’s expensive food. The student may not even be an upperclassman. Reasons why the child might not be able to go off campus are not only limited to these. The child may feel disappointed about her or his inability to go off campus for lunch. One solution for this issue: MSD can throw a party where they provide free pizzas for honors students who do not want to or cannot go off campus for