Mountains of students fill the densely populated hallway as the last bell rings and the overcrowded classrooms release a stream of students. Like animals, the student body is under an enchanting spell of follow the leader.
There is a problem at Bowie with the jam packed hallways and classrooms that contain too many people. A new high school in this area is needed for the overflowing student population.
The problems with Bowie’s population include, filled classrooms, crowded hallways, and bathrooms that always have lines of people.
Some classrooms at Bowie do not have enough desks for students to sit in. In that case there is a major issue in the learning environment when there are not even enough desks.
A contrasting problem includes interference in learning because with many students in one classroom it becomes more difficult for one to stand out. Individual attention is necessity in high school for one to get the help needed for that class. Sometimes there are classrooms that have enough chairs for every student in the class, but the amount of students in the room is too much.
The classrooms seem to be getting smaller and smaller as the years go on in high school. When there are too many students shoved into a classroom then it becomes harder for an individual to be distinct. It is much harder to learn in at atmosphere filled with people when everyone has a million thoughts all crammed into one room.
As soon as the bell rings the hallways are filled with hundreds of students searching for an exit as everyone scrambles to get home. Upperclassmen scamper to the parking lot brimming with student cars. Due to the immense population there are many students rushing to leave and the parking lot traffic is intense for a young teenager. There are constant problems and issues that arise with expanding traffic as more and more students get their license.
The bathrooms at Bowie are not only stained with age and leaking roofs, but most of the time the concrete slab of a bathroom is filled with an uncomfortably cramped line of people. There needs to be new bathroom upgrades in order for the school to function properly. On rainy days the bathrooms consist of puddles from the rain water that leaks and the air within the bathroom is steamy and revolting.
A new high school would solve all the problems of overcrowding at Bowie. With so many students it will only increase more in more in size as the years go on if a new high school is not built within the area. If there is no new high school there should at least be upgrades in the school. There needs to be new bathrooms, a theater that will hold all of the events at Bowie, a new small gym that is not being used by multiple organizations and other significant upgrades.
Overall, Bowie needs an upgrade or a new high school needs to be built because the problem will only increase in the future. People cannot run away from a problem forever.