Outside drinks are banned from campus grounds

Perfume bottles. Baby pacifiers.  Ink pens. Gummy snacks. Jell-O. Alcohol can find a way into the school if the students are motivated enough. Taking away their ability to bring drinks from outside forces them to become more creative and covert.

Over the past three years, the student population has grown from 712 students to 1,535. However there have only been 13 individuals caught with alcohol on school property. Punishing the majority for a diminutive minority is unjust and discriminative.

Morning runs to Sonic, breakfast at Chick-Fil-A and coffee from Starbucks for a morning pick-me-up has been ruled forbidden on campus grounds. Teenagers are prone to mischief and substance intake through peer pressure alone, but only a small portion actually commits such actions.  Although it is widely understood that teens are more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol, very rarely would a person even attempt it at school. That’s just begging to be caught. It is a proven fact that most high school students abusing alcohol report a history of missing school or feeling sick after consumption due to being drunk. Therefore, it is obvious what the target group of students should be. Should the many be punished for the few, or should the few be punished individually? The punishment is already set in place that those students must be removed from these polished walls to the drab campus of alternative school.

On the other hand, there will always be those with little to no common sense that will test the boundaries set in place. The perception of most people in this generation is “Party! Party! Party!” Even though, the reputation of the few seems a tad unchristian, they don’t consume the majority’s morale. The disciplinary action of the faculty and administration is stressful on every party involved.

The obvious solution, though it won’t appease everyone, would be to give the students their morning leisure and give Sonic back their high school clientele, but as for the miscreants, who dare to challenge the boundaries of this school, continue to send them to the depths of alternative school.

Save the students the time and planning of sneaking fruity, carbonated or energetic liquids into the building and watch the cameras with caution for alcohol may find its way in, but it won’t be in the cylindrical center of a Sonic cup.