ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 30, 1992                   TAG: 9203300211
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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GUARDS MAKE SCHOOL LIKE A PRISON

I AM A student at Patrick Henry High School, and I have a few things to say about the school system.

One is the racial problem. It's getting bigger every day. Another is the security guards making our school grounds similar to a prison. I've counted nine or 10 on the campus, and have been approached and told to "move on." Move on to where? It seems to me that every where we go, we're told to move on.

I have also seen teachers smoking on campus, and I'm sure they smoke in the teacher's lounge. If they can smoke, why can't we?

And as for the racial thing, it's going to blow, and it's going to blow big. MARK MORAN ROANOKE 


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