Most students at Morton East have encountered problems with hallway traffic.
In a random survey of 102 Morton East Students, 88 or (86%) said they got bumped in the hallway often. Students most of the time have trouble navigating through the hallways and make it difficult to get to their class on time. According to Google AI, you may not know, crowded hallways tend to have safety issues that could cause incidents like slipping or tripping on one another. In case of emergencies such as fires, dense crowding can be extremely dangerous and could obstruct a quick evacuation. Furthermore, crowded hallways can lead to people being stressed or feeling frustrated about the hallways being crowded, and as a result, this leads to people pushing you. Limited visibility makes it difficult for staff to monitor students, which can lead to shoving. For example, crowded hallways can make it difficult for students to get to class on time, which leads to them being late and losing learning time.
“By the annex, I feel like there’s a mixture of sophomores new to the school and everyone else looking for their classes, and people just started piling up,” said senior Emmanuel Reyes-Soberanis.
Some people don’t know the school yet, and it may take a while to figure out where to go.
“It’s always that in the beginning of the school semester kids don’t know their way around and haven’t figured out the routes to take to alleviate the traffic. Traffic will alleviate once students figure out the alternate routes,” said security supervisor Carlos Murillo.
In order to alleviate the traffic near the annex, students must find alternate routes.
“The annex—too crowded and slow and usually filled with couples holding hands. I take a shortcut by going to the 3rd floor stairs by the annex where I can slip through,” said senior Adolfo Burciaga.
A student feels like it is exasperating dealing with the traffic in the halls by the annex.
“The annex—it’s super crowded, and everyone drags and is so slow and won’t move, then they complain why it’s super slow,” said senior Paola Salgado.
Some people believe that the pace of students in the hallways is frustrating to deal with.
“It’s too crowded, people move too slow and stand still,” said sophomore Armando Herrera.
Students share the same feeling that it is overwhelmingly crowded and slow.
“I think that people are placid in the hallways when it’s crowded, and some students get erratic,” said Angel Alfaro and Aron Flores.
Students also believe that the crowd is slow and could lead to some students getting pushy or energetic to go to class.
“I am not concerned about having a lot of active staff in the hallways being vigilant and looking out,” said security supervisor Carlos Murillo.
Security do not worry if things get too energetic as they are prepared for any circumstances.
