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Malika Williams
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Opinions At West Charlotte
Should Smoking Regulations Be Changed?
Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jay
. Robinson, recently presented pro
posed changes in the smoking re
gulations at the high schools to the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
’ > Education. The current policy is that
each school can designate areas
where smoking is allowed, and stu
dents who smoke must have pa
rental permission slips on file in the
office.
Under the proposed changes,
smoking would be gradually phased
; - out. The first year, juniors and
; seniors who are at least 17 and have
! • parental permission would be issued
; 1 a card and be allowed to smoke in
designated areas. The following
year, only seniors would be al
lowed to smoke. The third year, no
student smoking would be permit
ted.
Post reporter Audrey Lodato re
cently went to West Charlotte
High School to find out bow stu
dents there felt about the proposed
changes. Here’s what they had to
say.
•LARA SMILEY, a tenth grader
who lives on Crest land Avenue,
responded, “I don’t think people
should smoke in school Some peo
ple don’t like it. Smoking in
school is inconsiderate toward
other people.”
•DEANNA MOORE, a Stardust
I Drive resident, is also in the tenth
grade. Regarding smoking, she re
marked, ‘‘I don’t think they should
; do it at school, or anywhere else.
Teenagers should get rid of that bad
habit.”
•SON EL M ARTIS BENNER MAN
lives on Burbank Drive and is a
junior at West Charlotte. HU
opinion was less definite than some
of the others. About a no-smoking
rule, he commented, "1 think it's all
right to a certain extent. Some who
smoke don’t affect the school sys
i tern. But if a teenager abHMS i’
• smoking, I’m for the rule.”
: • JULIE WATERS, also in the
■ eleventh grade, resides on StandUh
Place. She liked the proposed
changes in the smoking rules. “I
think it’s nice because certain stu
dents’ smoke bothers me. Smoking
also litters up the school and makes
the school look bad,”
• JON MORRIS of McDonald Street
is another junior. “I think it’s a good
rule to have," he asserted. Admit
ting that he himself U a non
smoko-, he stated, "Other students ‘
should respect the rights of stu
dents who don’t smoke."
• MALIKA WILLIAMS, Yuma real- .
dent, U a senior. She wasn’t sure
about the wisdom of the proposed
changed. Although a non-smoker
herself, Ms. Williams declared, "If
they’re going to enforce it, it’s not
good, because some students will
smoke anyway. It’s better the way It
is now, because students don’t have
to sneak."
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