AP Info Sessions

I have an issue with the way that AP classes give out their information to students who are looking to join the classes. They are always done in very short time periods and the rooms become very overcrowded. It is difficult to listen to the information being presented because kids are always talking and not giving their full attention to the teachers who are describing the courseload.  I know this sounds like a problem with the kids who are applying for the classes but I think it would make more sense for teachers to give out websites where kids go online during their spare time and research the AP for themselves. This will weed out the kids who actually want to take the AP versus kids who just go to the meetings to hang out with their friends or get out of class. Putting the information online will also cause kids to stay in class and not miss time to go listen to the teachers talk about the AP's when they can just find the information at home. If the teachers decide to go this route to promote their AP's I feel like it would help with the process greatly.

Math grading policy

I have a problem with how the math department has set up their grading policy. Tests are worth 80% of our grade. So basically, if you get a bad grade on one test, you're screwed for the whole semester. Then you have to get very good grades on the rest of your tests to try and salvage the year. Also, homework is only worth 10%'of our grade. That isn't fair since most teachers give a ridiculous amount of homework. This needs to fixed asap.

Overcrowding in the hallways

Due to Midwood accepting a large amount of kids, the overcrowding in the hallways has increased. There are people bumping and pushing each other making it harder to get to class. People stop in the middle of the hallway to talk to their friends causing traffic. There is five minutes to get to class and coming from the third floor annex to the opposite side of the building takes more time sometimes. It's disruptive and inconsiderate to other classmates that have to get to class. Once in a while a fight breaks out, people stop and stare. They end up not going to class because they don't want to miss it. The Midwood officers regulate the hallways, however it's not as useful as it should be.

Boys Bathrooms

This entire year the boys bathrooms in this school have been closed for extended periods of times during they day. This is a problem because in a school that has over 1,000 male students, the bathrooms need to be open at all times.Our school has four boys bathrooms, two in the main building and two in the annex, and a good amount of none of those bathrooms are open. Also, the bathrooms are consistently closed in between periods, which seems like the best time for students to use the bathroom because if they use it in between periods they won't have to use the bathroom during class and miss schoolwork. When the bathrooms are open, they aren't clean and there are never any paper towels for hand drying or soap for hand washing. The overall cleanliness and the fact that they are rarely open make going to the bathroom a very unpleasant experience.

Lunchroom Food

Throughout the day, students in school get hungry and are looking for a quick meal in the lunchroom but usually get their appetite ruined by the food options provided. The food served sometimes looks inedible and smells weird. Variety is limited as well so students eat pizza with milk which doesn't sound like an appealing combination to most. Some students in this school depend on school lunch to feed them and the unappealing food can make them not want to eat it anymore which isn't a healthy choice. The food served isn't nutritious most of the time and we are unaware of how long it has been stored.