Students speak out on bond

After reading letters written from the current residents of Whitefish, it is very clear that the population is casting their emotions for the opinions of others to be shifted or controlled.

Although all these articles have a strong argument, there is something they all share in common — all of these letters were written by adults old enough to vote by law but too old to witness what really goes on inside the school.

It is obvious that the Whitefish High School needs to be fixed and renewed, but who has stopped to ask the students inside the school for their opinion on rebuilding this overly excessive large school?

The new plans seem too extravagant for the number of students in the high school.

The idea for the closed campus seems appropriate for the students, but why not, again, ask the students on their opinion?

The letters we've been reading are portraying the students to be delinquents during the 40 minutes we receive for lunch hour, when only a small handful of kids are abusing their privileges.

Close residents of the school say they are afraid to be out during our lunch because of the speeding that goes on, but how many kids have actually been pulled over to be told to slow down?

Kids need to get out of the school to get some fresh air once in a while, and our lunch break now is the only way to do it.

An open campus gives kids the choice to leave and have a variety of food to choose from, and also gives kids the opportunity to stay in and do homework if they like.

If the new proposal is granted, the student body now would be refreshed of three years ago, when the Central School bond was passed.

Students went through maneuvering around the hazardous construction zones and changes of classrooms all throughout their last years there, and without any time in the new school.

Our last semester of eighth grade was spent moving supplies and work to the teachers' new classrooms, instead of learning and preparing ourselves for the future years of high school.

Would the Whitefish community really want to put kids through all that wasted time to move a few boxes into the new gigantic classrooms? Or would they rather give the kids a better learning environment to prepare for college?

It is obvious that someone has to go through the procedures of a new school, but the kids who dealt with it three years ago do not wish to go through the process again, it seemed like unnecessary time.

We have heard a good amount of opinions from the adult perspective, but the students voices need to be heard as well.

Let the students have an impact on what their future holds, give us a way to let our opinion promote the voters of Whitefish on how our years of high school should be spent.

We wish that we could say vote yes for a new school, as it is definitely needed, but the plans and the timing make it difficult to decide.

Torie Powell, Alex McDonald and Kayli Johnson are students at Whitefish High School.