No More Study Halls In the Cafeteria

Ever wake up late and practically jump out of bed onto the bus? I'm sure quite a few people could admit that has happened once or twice. One bad thing about this happening is that you miss a vital morning task, eating breakfast. You wouldn't want your stomach grumbling until lunch time, would you?


Some students in the past years were lucky enough to have a morning study hall in the cafeteria. This meant that if you forgot to eat that delicious bowl of cereal or munch on that blueberry muffin, you could do so during some of the first periods of the day. Breakfast foods or snacks are served in the mornings so students can always keep themselves from going hungry. Students could easily stroll into the kitchen area and grab a snack for a reasonable price. Now, things have been changed.


According to Mr. Mueller, RHAM High School's assistant principal, there will be no more study halls in the cafeteria. There were many reasons behind this, all which may not be considered by those students opposing this choice.


First, this change will be able to help the staff keep track of all the students throughout the school day. No longer will students be able to skip classes and spend leisure time in the cafeteria. According to Mr. Mueller, students may try to "...wait out a period in the bathroom stall...," but he says that after a day or two, "...things would get old..." This change will bring the amount of students cutting classes down by quite a margin.


Also, Mr. Mueller explained that these study hall periods where students could get breakfast or snacks turned into "...more lunch periods..." for the custodians. He explained that because there was always a lack of clean settings after some of the students left their tables, it just created more work for the custodians.


As for study halls? Well, try to eat the breakfast at home and keep to the studying.