Kayla Paul-Koch
Staff Writer
Just two weeks before the 2017-2018 school year began, students were hit with news in an email from Principal Seier that only underclassman would be receiving lockers automatically and that upperclassman would need to request a locker if they wanted one.
In addition to needing to request a locker, many upperclassmen must also share one with a friend. This came as shock to the majority upperclassmen who felt as though they deserved the priority on lockers due to heavier course loads. Audra Moore, a junior at New Hope, said she was “angry and annoyed over the fact that I would not receive a locker because I use my locker all the time and go to it multiple times a day to store books and my lunch.”
Due to construction, lockers are limited since there is no freshman pit or senior hallway which combined, contained enough lockers for nearly 100 students. Sophomore Adam Singer felt as though “freshman should be warranted the lockers because of being in a new environment that they’re still trying to get used to, but that it is not necessary for seniors to have them.” After a month of school, students are adjusting to the changes in lockers well and there has been minimal conflict on the issue.
