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Students barking about parking:
no spots left for underclassmen
u T amra S chelot _____________
Staff Reporter
One thousand, five
hundred and seventy-five
students and just over half
the student population with
driver's licenses is a recipe
for complications. The
competition for street spots
has students getting to school
as early as 7 a.m., making a
long school day even longer.
As a senior here I've had my
share of those early mornings;
most definitely not my
favorite moments. However,
as a senior it is finally my turn
to have a precious space in the
senior or Tripp lot.
Seniors, juniors and the
occasional sophomores ready
and waiting for the coveted
senior and trip lot spots there
has to be some organization!
Brian Bailey, transition
specialist, is in charge of this
headache-causing situation,
with problems from students
complaining about not
having a spot to ticketing the
violators.
"We don't want to give
tickets, but people need to
realize that the students who
have spots paid for them and
deserve to park there," Bailey
said.
A bit of advice—unless
you are looking to pay $30 for
a j j r lcpf- or up to $200 to get
out of impound, don't
park in another students place
or a staff space. If someone
takes your spot, follow these
steps. First: get the license
plate number. Second: park
along the gray curb in front
of the Commons. Third: bring
the license plate number to the
Attendance Office and get a
day pass to park on the gray
curb. The curb is monitored by
the city police, not the school.
be promised but please be
assured the issue has not been
swept under the rug.
I realize that juniors and
sophomores are in need of
spaces. Believe me I was there;
but as a senior I feel that I
have paid my dues to get a
Staff Reporter
The recent changes to the
school food standards have
resulted in increasing prices
each year. The government
has made a nationwide change
to improve the nutritional
value of foods sold at schools.
The West Linn- Wilsonville
School District has made the
transition to healthier food
more quickly and easily
than many surrounding
districts according to
Jan Wolfer, Food
Services.
Cook Manager,
Barbara -
Youngren
and Wolfer
have been
with the district for
over ten years and have seen
many changes, including
a trend toward a healthier
lunch menu. Prices for food
have gone up, but for the last
five years the prices were
consistent.
"A lot of kids can’t afford
a lot, but we have our own
prices to attend to," Wolfer
said. Since the price of gas has
risen, delivery prices have also
risen.
Prices in the Commons are
higher than the majority of
districts in the Portland
— Hudson Rhoads,
freshman
"Sounds pretty
terrible to me."
—
5equoqah HUI,
sophomore
Seniors exit the senior parking lot after school. Parking continues to be
an issue and as of this year, there are no spaces for underclassmen.
Photo by Tamra Schelot
The day pass will save you
from getting a city ticket.
Little do people know that
parking has been worse at
West Linn. Hard to believe,
but during classroom
construction when the new
wing of classrooms and
library was being built there
was no Tripp lot. If you think
we've got it bad, they had it
worse.
To ease your wondering
mind about this parking
situation, be assured that the
administration is in constant
discussion about it. However,
at this time nothing can
spot. Promise—for those of
you dying for a parking spot
now, you'll see that once it
is your turn as a senior you
don't want anyone else to take
that away.
So for now, be clever
in how you get to school.
Ladies and gentleman,
start carpooling, walking,
skateboarding or riding a
bike (or maybe even a horse).
You'll help the environment
and save the $60 it costs to
get a space. Therefore, you
irate underclassmen, use this
as a learning experience that
seniority pays off.
School food prices match healthier quality
S ydney H ongo
T think it's fair because
they ask you to go to war
when you’re 18 ."
area, due to the quality of
food. West Linn chooses
higher quality because of the«
school food standards the
government has set. I think
that because of the quality of
the food we are consuming,
t h e
prices aren't
unreasonable. It's
really a
good
choice,
actually.
Why would
j want to
consume
fatty, artery
clogging foods at school? True,
the prices may be fairly high
for a school environment, but
our school has taken on the
choice to better our bodies by
providing us with healthier
choices. With sugar there is a
burst of energy, as well as a
crash a few hours later. When
insulin is released into the
blood system, it starts burning
fats as well. So when you
consume sugars and fats, your
setting yourself up for a crash
sometime around halfway
through fifth period.
But what are we really
eating? All of the bread and
wheat products are whole
wheat. The chicken nuggets
are actually the same quality
as Tyson Foods, not filled
with preservatives. And the
popular burritos are filled with
vegetables and are healthy.
Not to mention how great they
taste.
"It's hard trying to meet
something healthy with
something that tastes good,"
Youngren said. They even go
as far as to use recipes from
Chipotle Mexican Grill.
We, as students, should
realize that we are getting
good deals for high quality
of food. The healthy choices
are probably just as good as
fried and high caloric foods,
except they aren't filled with
unnecessary fats.
If you really think that
the prices are too extreme,
there is always the option
of bringing lunch from
home. Cold lunches used to
be the healthier option for
most students, but now that
school food has undergone
alterations, you may eat a
more nutritional, great tasting
meal at school.
■
What is your opinion
about lowering the
drinking age to 18 ?
"If you can go to w ar
and risk your life,
you should be able to
drink."
—
5erena Haape,
senior
"If they're old enough
to vote, they should be
old enough to drink."
— N a th a n A den,
.
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junior
All photos
by Avery Breyne-
Cartwright