FOR Jennifer White, a senior at North Shore High School in Glen Head, an open campus has meant the freedom to leave school at lunch time, as well as during other free periods, to work on independent research projects. This, Ms. White says, is a privilege she cannot afford to lose. However, if the School District decides, by its targeted deadline of mid-November, to close the high school campus, students no longer will be permitted to leave school during the time when they are not in scheduled classes.
The current policy at North Shore High School, which has been in effect for more than 15 years, allows all of the 547 students in Grades 9 through 12 to leave campus during lunch or other free periods.
But concerns of pedestrian and vehicular safety and the misuse of …show more content…
Telsey said.
Prior to 1979, when the high school included Grades 10 through 12, open campus applied to all students. But in 1980, when Grade 9 was added to the high school, administrators decided that younger students needed more restrictions and closed the campus for Grades 9 and 10, leaving an open campus only for 11th- and 12th-graders.
Before their children are in high school, parents often wonder whether open campus is a good idea, said Ms. Telsey. But the students are used to the freedom and the policy is generally accepted within the community, she said.
But at North Shore High School, the open campus controversy is brewing as the deadline for a final decision draws closer.
Parents who want school to be their children's baby sitter are not realistic, said Nadya Karyo, a senior. If parents want their children in school, they should insure that they have a full schedule without free periods, she said.
In part, poor information or misinformation seems to have contributed to the lack of resolution, said Dr. McGill of the North Shore School
The current policy at North Shore High School, which has been in effect for more than 15 years, allows all of the 547 students in Grades 9 through 12 to leave campus during lunch or other free periods.
But concerns of pedestrian and vehicular safety and the misuse of …show more content…
Telsey said.
Prior to 1979, when the high school included Grades 10 through 12, open campus applied to all students. But in 1980, when Grade 9 was added to the high school, administrators decided that younger students needed more restrictions and closed the campus for Grades 9 and 10, leaving an open campus only for 11th- and 12th-graders.
Before their children are in high school, parents often wonder whether open campus is a good idea, said Ms. Telsey. But the students are used to the freedom and the policy is generally accepted within the community, she said.
But at North Shore High School, the open campus controversy is brewing as the deadline for a final decision draws closer.
Parents who want school to be their children's baby sitter are not realistic, said Nadya Karyo, a senior. If parents want their children in school, they should insure that they have a full schedule without free periods, she said.
In part, poor information or misinformation seems to have contributed to the lack of resolution, said Dr. McGill of the North Shore School