Every room has a purpose and for the stairwell, it is for going up and down the stairs. But if we are not permitted to use the stairwell, what is that stairwell for? As time moves on, the school becomes older, the teacher becomes wiser, and the amount of students increase drastically.

In school, there are certain stairwells that we are not allowed to use. However, with the increasing amount of students, it’s not an easy task walking in the hallways. Some students even have trouble getting to class on time because of the cramped hallways. This is not counting the fact that they still need to go to their lockers. Students who have classes at the end of the hall on the borders of the third or second floor will have trouble going down the stairs because they have to make their way around to the middle stairwell and back down the hallway. If we are unable to use the stairs, why are they there?  

There are some staff in this school who do not have their own room. If there were no stairwell in that area, there could be three more classrooms for teachers who do not have a room. Teachers rarely use the stairwell so would that mean they are there for no reason. According to Ms. Walker, she says, “Due to supervision and school-wide safety concerns, school administration has made the decision to limit student travel to the north and east stairwells. To date, the north and east stairwells provide ample travel between floors.” Although there are not a lot of students in the school currently, there will be more in the future. Some consider the hallways cramped and limited and maybe we need to start considering the road less travelled.

– Amy Wang