What took so long? Two years went by and the junior high had no lockers. The lockers that were rightfully theirs were given to the high school side during the move or boarded up by a new wall. The consequences were kids were getting stuck with cubbies again.
  Finally, though, this year brought a change for the junior high students.  Bright red lockers now shine from the sides of their hallway.
  Two years ago, kids were given cubbies instead of lockers. Students were having problems when other kids would steal their school books and had to pay for something they couldn't help from happening. There was no way to lock up or keep their books from being stolen. 
     Last year there was still no change with getting lockers. At the time, the school did not realize it had made a mistake by putting all the cubbies into one room. More things were stolen and more fights happened.  The cubbie room was where most of the fights broke out because there were no teachers and all the students were all packed into one room.
    Another complaint was that kids were carrying around all their huge books all day. Parents were spending extra money on backpacks because their child's were tearing under all the weight of their books. 
    Why was it that when the junior high first showed up at the high school their lockers were given to the high school students? The way I see it, they should have applied for the grant sooner.  In my opinion they should have taken their original lockers and given them back.  There are very few high school kids who use them; some of them are just gathering dust.  At least in the junior high hall all of them would have been used     
    Over the years they decided cubbies just didn't work. All last year students, teachers and parents did fundraiser after fundraiser to gather enough money to get new lockers. I guess what they say is true, “Third times the charm” or in this case, third year's the charm.

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