Have you ever heard students complaining about the restroom line, the locked hallways, or even about the restrooms being closed because the male custodian has to clean?

Well, I’m sure we’ve all heard them and have even contributed ourselves.

Students will always complain about problems like the bathroom being too crowded or there’s not enough stalls, but they wouldn’t actually do anything about it. If they had said or done something to bring awareness to it,  then it could’ve been solved in no time.

For example, Principal Bill Parks didn’t know about the law stating a specific amount of restrooms for students.  When notified, he immediately began opening one of the two hallways during lunch. Parks has taken the time to supervise the hallways himself because of the staff shortage.

But once in a while there might be a new face in the hallways. Principal Parks said that there were “60 parent volunteers” that were willing to help. And these parent volunteers signed themselves up.

Earlier this quarter an inspection was made and nothing was found wrong.

“The county actually came through (the school) and said ‘no you’re fine’,” and passed us with 100 percent ,said Principal Parks.

When the Williams Act came in August  to check for sufficient textbooks, instructional materials, and for clean, safe, maintained facilities, they walked right by the “closed for lunch” sign hanging on the hallway doors.

The restroom stalls and urinals were in good condition and nothing seemed to be wrong but even though we had a sufficient number of restrooms we were not even using them all.

This issue could’ve been found earlier if the position of plant supervisor had not been cut. Other than the plant supervisor the female custodians were also cut. Because of this the female bathroom has to be closed every time so that the male custodian can clean it.

Even lawsuits would have been possible if the problem had persisted. But luckily the school was notified before anything bad could happen.

Our newspaper staff looked into the issue of the restrooms and found out that there was a law concerning it. Looking it up on the California Department of Education website we found the K-12 Toilet Requirement Summary. Immediately after it was found, the information was delivered to Parks.

It is problems like these that really need to be taken care of. And maybe even the smallest or most ridiculous complaint can make the biggest difference.

Students shouldn’t just sit around and do nothing but instead bring awareness to the issue. If there is a complaint then just write a letter to us at the Stagg Line and we’ll put it in the newspaper to bring awareness to the issue.