Does your middle school use lockers?

[Anonymous]

My child will be at Cooper. They are going through a renovation. I saw a lot of lockers but was told they won’t be used. I was wondering if this was just for Cooper or all middle schools.

[Anonymous]

No lockers for Whitman Middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No lockers for Whitman Middle.

So do kids carry/wear jackets all day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No lockers for Whitman Middle.

So do kids carry/wear jackets all day?

Mine always did, when his school was under renovation. Even when it wasn't, there isn't a lot of time between classes to visit a locker and he said they were mostly used by kids who had sports or other activities after school and needed a place to stash equipment.

[Anonymous]

Frost is undergoing renovations too and there has been no lockers. Kids don't wear coats because it is one more thing to drag around. The backpacks are ridiculously heavy

[cmsmeade]

Rachel Carson is using lockers. My kid struggled to figure out how to open it. Sigh. I must have helped 5 other families too. Hopefully the kids will remember or be able to help each other come Monday!

[Anonymous]

South County MS kids have lockers this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No lockers for Whitman Middle.

So do kids carry/wear jackets all day?

Kids wear jackets? I rarely see the MS or HS kids wearing jackets.

[Anonymous]

My kid went to Luther Jackson back when there were more students than lockers and he never used a locker. Yes, they just keep their jacket with them all day. I bought him a packable down jacket that was easy to stuff in his backpack. Even when he was eventually offered a locker, he didn't want it.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Rocky run.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Kilmer

[Anonymous]

My older kids were at Cooper when they DID use lockers and they hated it — they were not allowed to carry backpacks (they had to use their lockers), which they didn’t like because it meant always going to your locker between classes. When I told them the news (my youngest is there now), they were like, “Oh, you will be happy about that!” I think they only have about 4 minutes between classes, so lockers are a real PITA.

[Anonymous]

Our MS assigns lockers but no one uses them.

[Anonymous]

Not at Herndon.

[Anonymous]

cmsmeade wrote:Rachel Carson is using lockers. My kid struggled to figure out how to open it. Sigh. I must have helped 5 other families too. Hopefully the kids will remember or be able to help each other come Monday!

Yes, and they are also making a rule that backpacks have to stay in lockers. Essentially forcing kids to have to make endless trips to their locker for supplies. It doesn’t make sense.