Last week, I went to the bathroom in the upstairs. And it was not a fun experience. Not like going to the bathroom should be, but it was more complicated then it should be. Not only did I have to walk from one end of the upstairs to the other, as only 1 boys bathroom is open, but there's a monitor on sentry duty with a clipboard. Signing in? What?! How's that supposed to catch a vandal. "Alright, the vandalism took place between 9 and 11, so call back everybody who went in that timeframe and interrogate them. The next day, as I tried to go to one downstairs, I'm met with a locked door. Another 3 minute walk around the school to find another, and I find another locked door. Apparently, only the one in the lobby is open. Not only is that unsanitary, but it's just overly arduous. What's next, outhouses is someone vandalizes this one? And jsut on the subject of the bathroom, the only real problem with them is the smell and bad blue paintjob.
-David C.
An exit for more of Shen's funds.
On Friday, a brand new exit sign was hung in front of the High School East main entrance lobby. But this isn't an average sign. This one has rounded edges! The 5 other exit signs within 5 feet of it are rectangular! Great move Shen!
If this was paid for by a grant of some kind, that's just pathetic. Exit sign grants? "Wow Shen! Now I can find the giant doors even more easily now! Thanks!" If this is what the state says counts for grant money, then they seriously need to reconsider what's important for public schools. How about a new computer grant or a re-painting grant? If it was just out the district's pocket, then all I can say is wow....
-David C.
What? Is Shen still using dial-up?
Shenendehowa central school has had a history of extremely slow internet connection. If a room of 25 people are using internet connection then the computers load at 1.09 mbps(megabites per second). A typical computer should run at a speed of 10 mbps. Around different times of the day the computers can be in an overload of so many people using the internet and especially when the Elementary schools start logging on. This ia major inconvienience for high school students, especially when work needs to be done. What Shen needs is to be more concious of what they spend their budget on with regards to the internet necessites for high school students. We have computers that are almost 10 years old and it seems that Shen is falling behind the times with extremely old computers to our standards. Even in the course of typing this the internet speed has fluctuated. Get it together Shen!
