by Marina Duffin; Reporter

Every year students work hard to reach their final goal.
Graduation.
With all the work students put in they should receive privileges when they become seniors. Senior privileges would motivate students to do the best they can.
Oakville High School has senior privileges. So what is stopping Mehlville?
“It’s about the liability,” said Principal Angelo Colona.
He does not want to take on any added risk of what could happen to the students while they are not at school.
Seniors at Oakville who achieve a 3.5 GPA and are active in at least two clubs receive their privileges.
Privileges include an open travel during ANP (TAP). They also have one day a month where the schedule is changed so they have ANP first. On this day the seniors with the privileges can sleep in and do not have to be at school.
Molly Duggan, a senior at Oakville, likes the privileges she receives.
“I think it makes people try harder with school and I like it because I have a lot more freedom to just do whatever in ANP,” said
Duggan.
An open TAP for seniors at Mehlville would be beneficial.
Seniors would be able to work more efficiently. If they discovered they needed help on an assignment they could just go get help.
Seniors should also be exempt from finals if they have an A in the class. They have worked hard all year to get this grade they deserve and the final just puts added stress on them.
After an intense junior year seniors should be able to take on a lighter schedule.
Seniors take classes just to fill up their schedule. They take these classes to achieve credits they do not even need to graduate.
Instead of taking these classes seniors should be able to opt out of taking a first or last block class. Instead of taking these classes they could leave early or arrive late.
Senior, Jessica Crawford believes we earned senior privileges.
“We have worked our way up through all the jokes and fears of being an underclassmen so, rightfully we should get to enjoy being on top,” said Crawford.
Seniors deserve privileges. They work extremely hard.
Mehlville, a school of character and hard-working students, should put this idea in action.
These privileges would show students that appreciates their hard work.