Introduction
This recommendation is written to ask that the locker program at Portland Community College’s Southeast campus be improved to be more accessible for students, as they are on other PCC campuses. Currently, Southeast lockers can only be rented out for four hours a day per student, while Sylvania and Cascade campuses offer term-long rental options.
Using data gathered from surveys we handed out during the fall term at the Southeast campus, we learned that 47% of 113 students surveyed would be interested in using a locker on campus. We also learned that 67% of the people surveyed do not have somewhere safe to store their belongings and class materials. Although many students would like to have a locker to store their materials in,
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Even by extending the time limit of the Southeast locker program, the location of the lockers in the Southeast Library, means students with classes ending after its closing cannot use the program.
Additionally, there are only 40 lockers available to an average yearly student population of 11,117. Although not all enrolled students need lockers, the location of the Southeast Campus creates a large population of students that may utilize them. This population consists of students who bike, walk, or take public transit to school, as they must carry all their needed supplies and belongings with them.
By updating the current Southeast locker program to the same standards as Cascade and Sylvania, PCC can help reach more students and their needs.
Research and Analysis
Surveys
The research conducted to acquire enough data for our report spans over the course of two weeks. Our primary goal was to learn about how the students attending class at the Southeast Portland Community College felt about the locker system on campus. Our team began this research by administering 113 anonymous surveys to the general student population, specifically at the SE campus. Our surveys were only given to enrolled students for the current quarter and diversified by different hours and locations on campus. After surveying students on the Southeast campus, our results indicate
In order to increase productivity and learning time in school, administrators should allow students to carry backpacks to their classes. As a result of bringing backpacks to class, students will come to class prepared and organized, with no reason to return to their locker. Often times students forget their supplies and must utilize class time to retrieve the forgotten materials. With backpacks, students will already have their materials with them, eliminating the need to waste class time. Another advantage of allowing backpacks in class is that it will give students plenty of time to use the restroom between classes as opposed to during lecture time. High schools are notoriously larger than middle and elementary schools, therefore the five-minutes
Personally I think it is a violation of the law in some cases. Schools do have the permission to search the lockers though because of the fact that it is their property they’ve funded it but there has been some situations with faculty searching your pockets and backpacks or even making you take off your clothing. Now the pocket and backpack check is something that they can do when you enter the building but not at random times. They have to have probable cause which means they need a reason to search you meaning the person who is conducting the search or a witness visibly see you with something you’re not supposed to have, or smell a use of drugs or alcohol.
Sometimes you will have a class outside and can’t get to and from that class in time. If you have a locker that is
. In Pros and Cons of School Locker Searches, it states that, " Misplaced Focus: searching lockers can imply to students that they aren't trustworthy. It can ruin the school's attempt to build school community trust and respect." In Article 3 ( Pros and Cons of School Locker Searches- Synonym), it states, " School locker searches also consume valuable time for administrators, security guards, and teacher who conduct them. Student also lose their learning time because of this issue." In addition, Article 3 states, " Because students may keep personal items in their lockers, such as photographs and personal letters, even a search with the best intentions can appear to be a major breach of trust by teachers and administrators, causing a rift between the student body and faculty." Some people may argue that locker searches can keep children safe. It "protects them." But how can locker searches protect the children unless they think something's up. If the children act normal and they have a gun in their backpack, then how does this help keep them safe- if no one's suspicious of
Where as others may believe that this will make the school system more of a bureaucracy. Further more those would also argue that most of the time lockers are hardly involved in the keeping of contrabands. If students have contraband items they are more likely to keep it on them and therefore randomly searching lockers it not as important. The time and energy which would be spent searching lockers could be used in more efficient way.
Date rapes, hate crimes and theft have become an apparent concern on college campuses. The most disturbing crime on a college campus is a school shooting. Being a victim of any crime is the last thing any student or parent thinks of when choosing a college or university. The possibilities of danger on a college campus have been increasing over the years due to the reported crimes ranging from theft to murder. Because of the recent years of college campus reported shootings, both student and parent have become alarmingly concerned about
On account of lockers being the school’s property it is legal for them to search them at any time under the right circumstances.
In addition, the cons for this is that the students in the school could have maybe problems are even personal problems in this day and woman could have their personal belongs. Students could get there belongs took on accident, maybe chargers stole after inspection if they forgot to lock it.
The main concern that may arise when dealing with intruders in the college is getting hold of personal information. This is a major concern for any school or college and is important that they are stopped. If intruders do enter the premises they could get hold of personal information about students and staff. In my poster I have highlighted this and given advice on how to stop this from occurring if someone unauthorized enters the building. Computes should be password locked when they are not being used and any confidential paper work should be put into cabinets which are locked. Staff should ensure that all members staff are aware of this rule and if any computers are not locked to do so. By having this
In conclusion Bull Run middle school has to change a lot of things with the lockers that they have.
Now addressing the complete disrespect and breach of privacy when it comes to school lockers. Lockers aren’t ever really safe, it’s true. If wanted/required a security guard can easily unlock your locker at any point in time during a school day. And you might be thinking: “Okay? So what, they’re just kids” well newsflash, kids have rights too. K-12, the upper echelons of the education system sometimes out right accuse these poor students of harboring drugs and other unlawful paraphernalia within their lockers, and takes upon themselves to undergo what they call “a locker search”, or in other words. “Breach of privacy example number 3”.
Gun ownership is on the rise and even college students want firearms now. Since 1999 college students owning firearms for protection has increased over 19 percent (DiMauro 17). With this rise whether or not these numbers should increase has become a heated issue. As of now 26 colleges allow concealed carry on campuses, totaling in over 70 campuses(Burnett) and many others are in consideration. Organizations such as Students for Concealed Carry are at work to educate the public on the truths of how on campus carry would to some degree benefit college students, professors, and all visitors. Firearms can be and should be allowed on college campuses primarily because it is a not only a fundamental right guaranteed by the constitution but also
Thirdly, visitors on a campus is not a bad thing, but they must be monitored for student safety. There have been other crimes on campuses like purse snatching in the middle of the day, car break-ins, and shoplifting at the school stores. In addition, the most up-to-date statistics show there were more than 35,000 reported crimes on U.S. college campuses in just one year. Furthermore, if a crime occurs the person involved can be identified easier by checking the log book and talking to security. Having more than one safety measure in place allows further evidence if something was to happen.
Some claim that they are the school property and if something is going on then they should be able to conduct a search, but the schools did give the students the lockers to keep there stuff safe, on the impretion that the schools can’t shereach them.So schools shouldn’t be allowed to conduct random searches of students privat items.
The primary advantage of locker searches is their effectiveness. Finding contraband material such as stolen property, drugs or weapons in a student's locker is an easy way to establish guilt and