Saturday, March 1, 2008

Hand sanitizer anyone?

Can you imagine going to school and having no water? Unfortunately, that was the case on Friday, February 29, 2008 at the infamous Booker T. Washington High School.

Due to a broken water valve, which had flooded part of our school gym, the administration decided to shut off the building’s water supply. When our principal came on the intercom, he stated that there was no need to advise our parents about the situation of water and gas, but the principal failed to realize that the situation was becoming unsanitary. Males continued to use the restrooms without shame and so did females. Handrails, doorknobs, desks, and keyboards were all being touched by unwashed hands.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, Influenza (the flu) kills about 36,000 people each year and the #1 way to stop the spread of the virus is to wash your hands with soap and water. Yesterday, the school placed the student body in a dangerous situation. No water for seven hours.


-Chernail Arnold/VOX staff

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That'a shame schools do not own up to the mistakes they make.