Amira Ansari Journalism

Op Editorial Story:

Closing the gate on the upper level of Eastview High School is definitely not a good idea. The administrators had thought that maybe something like this would be a little better of an idea though because of less traffic, getting to school on time and less accidents in the parking lot. It’s the exact opposite. Closing the gate on the upper level has caused more traffic, and has affected kid’s tardiness than ever before. I had talked to my first hour teacher about the uprise of the tardiness and she had said that it had at least gone up by twice as much people late, especially in the winter with the gate being closed. thought it was a problem in the first place because there has never been lots of traffic and no one ever seemed to have a problem with the gate being open before. The first time they tried it out, it didn’t go out right and more kids had been late the first day and none of the students thought it was a good idea. Why did they keep it going?

The upper level gate has caused a big impact in teenager’s daily driving routines. The time it takes to wait in the long line that forms and wait at the light is twice as long as it would take to just go through the gate and down to the parking lot. The traffic that builds up has been a lot worse than before, especially with the people who are trying to get to other destinations besides the school.The build-up with the traffic of the gate being closed has caused more slight accidents because of people eager to pass the people waiting in the long lines. I have witnessed more accidents getting out of school at the end of the day than I have before, and morning lines have been twice as long. It's ridiculous. The lines have increased. Most drivers are very eager to get to their destination and don’t like waiting, especially if they are late to wherever they are going.

posted by Amira @ 3:11 PM