Students often have abstract and intuitive ideas for how to make the school environment better in their eyes.. Students were asked what rule they would change if they were the principal or even the superintendent of the school, and the answers just may surprise you.

Sophomore Luka Gates focused on an issue that affected students’ daily lives.

“I would change the tardy sweep rule. I think that a lot of kids that are late don’t mean to be late, and it’s not fair to them,” said Gates.

She believes that faculty may not like this rule. However, with the growing number of students complaining about the sweeps and getting caught up in them, something needs to change.

“I don’t think this would ever be implemented, but it might be taken into consideration, considering the amount of students protesting and complaining about it,” said Gates.

On the other hand, junior Nicholas Mastorakis expressed his feelings about the way our school spends its money.

“If I was the principal for the day, I would help fix the budget and take a better approach to protecting the school, especially with how many incidents have been occurring throughout the United States,” said Mastorakis.

Mastorakis explained that he thinks students, teachers, and guardians would benefit from and respond positively to this new change.

“This is easily achievable as funding is constantly given to school systems, so a new plan could easily solve the issue,” explained Mastorakis.

Junior Abraham Walker II also wanted to change the way our school spends its money and got straight to the point.

“To be honest, I want more funding for the boys volleyball team,” said Walker II.

Junior Leo Peña talked about the school’s policy against outside food being delivered to the school, which many students think is unreasonable.

“It’s unfair that students can no longer order food into school, especially because many students forget their lunches in the mornings due to having to wake up at such early hours,” said Peña.

Junior Tyler Truong said that students deserve to have more freedom while on campus.

“I think that the school should let students go off of campus with their cars during free periods and lunch,” said Truong.

Karen Board, a junior, similarly had a complaint about our school’s meal system by complaining about the pricing on certain food items within the cafeteria. However, she admitted that she did not feel the school’s staff would appreciate this change.

“I would make the school lunch cookies free and lower the pricing for our lunch meals, I think students would like this rule, but I dont think faculty would feel the same way,” said Board.

He, however, also acknowledged that this rule would likely not be implemented by staff, despite the high wish by students.

“I think the teachers would be mixed on it, with some liking it and most not liking it, but I know that almost every student would love it if the rule was implemented,” said Board.

Junior Tiffany Richardson worried about our school’s lack of communication to both students and parents.

“Admins rarely share vital info no matter how important it is,” said Richardson.

She said this, referring to the common complaint among the parents of students attending our school.

Students gave many diverse answers to what they would change such as food, independence, and economical factors. Hayfield students have many interesting and unique ideas on how they would improve the school and the Hayfield environment. However, throughout all of the answers it’s clear that students share a clear hope of respect and equality throughout the school.