A “Locked” Up Problem
This is the locker offered to students at RCHS.
When I first came to RCHS as a freshman I had this image in my head as to what I thought the lockers would look like. I imagined being able put all sorts of things in my locker such as stickers, books, extra school supplies, lots of snacks, etc. I had also hoped that I would be able to slip handwritten notes into the locker of a special young lady like they do in some of the greatest love movies of all time. My dreams of endless snack space and romantic sticky notes would soon be dashed by the reality of the locker situation at RCHS.
The lockers at RCHS are too small to serve any purpose to students. The school had to spend thousands of dollars to put these lockers in and almost nobody uses them. I can only imagine how many of the schools funds were wasted on the lockers. The lockers at RCHS are not only wasted money, but they are helping to support the common claim that teens have bad backs. How? Students in our county have to carry the majority of their items in their backpack because the locker they have is too small to fit everything the school day demands.
If the school where to buy bigger lockers students would have a safe place to put their belongings. Students could focus their worries towards academics as opposed to the protection of their personal items and teachers would no longer have to store stinky athletic bags in their rooms. Even though the school makes a consistent effort into putting funds into the resources at RCHS there are just some necessities all students deserve to have access to and that includes a locker that can fit their stuff. Just because the lockers at RCHS Highschool are not broken that does not mean they don’t need to be fixed.
Senior Blake Darmante is a third-year member of The Prowler staff. In Journalism lll he is looking forward to the epic final chapter that will be his senior year and working alongside his little sister, Hallie Darmante, who thinks she can steal his position. Outside of class, Darmante is a part of the National Honor Society, Student Council Association, FORENSICS, and the RCHS lacrosse team. His influences/role models include the legends that are Bruce Lee, Dwayne “The Rock'' Johnson, and Mr. Gallagher. The majority of Darmante’s free time is spent in his sketchy basement honing his martial arts skills while also listening to a Spotify playlist of his called, Zen Hype. Darmante has recently started a number of new endeavors like learning the splits from Jean-Claude Van Damme and making movies with the Original Wildcat Weekly Poll Guy, his best buddy, Dylan Hostetter. Darmante survives off of dumplings, matcha, and most importantly, the All-Star Special at Waffle House. Future plans for Darmante involve him competing on American Ninja Warrior, taking a trip to the Philippines to become a certified “escrimador,” and slow-dancing the night away with a dynamite gal.
