BY GABRIEL ALVARADO / PHOTO BY NATASHA BRENNAN

With school starting up many students were shocked to see red boundary lines all around campus. The purpose of these red lines is to help security guards better monitor and protect students, but they have many negatives.

School can be compared to jail: we all eat at the same time, we must follow rules and guidelines, are in a room majority of the day, and get the same breaks. With the addition of these red lines, it makes school feel even more like a prison.

Junior Eduardo Zuniga said, “It’s like everyone is trapped in a box with no room to move.”

Students throughout the campus all have their hangout spots with their friends. However, with these new lines, many will be forced to find a new spot within the boundaries.

Freshmen Elena Wright said, “I had more freedom in eighth grade.”

Let’s face it, no one wants to go to a school that has boundary lines during student’s free time.

On the other side, security guard Henry Tarin said, “I think they are great!”

In a sense they are, due the fact it’s less stress to look over students but, we deserve more freedom than an eighth grader.  We high school students are transitioning into adulthood, and these boundary lines are not sending a message that we are ready for it.

Not to mention these boundary lines are also sending a bad message to other schools, incoming students, and even parents.  That we need to be monitored so closely.

Parents and students aren’t going to want to attend a school that has limitations on lunch and nutrition. The student body’s only free time to vent and enjoy with their friends has been boxed in. It’s clear these red lines must go, and student’s freedom to walk and hang out anywhere needs to be restored.