What is an "open campus" high school?

High school students- what is your opinion on open campus?

• I am doing a persuasive essay on open campus for high school students in the state of colorado, but I could use all the help I can get. For those of you who don't know, open campus means that students have the opportunity to leave the school campus during lunch or a free period. Usually schools have requirements like having a certain GPA or being an upperclassmen, or that the free period is either 1st, last, or the one before/after lunch. So what I need from you is: 1. Your stand, are you for open campus or against? And why? 2. What are the benefits that you see in having an open campus? Any disadvantages? 3. How would you get around to the closet restaurant to your school if you had open campus? (car, foot, bike, bus ETC...) Thank you in advance for all your effort, and if you happen to know any useful sites for me to do some more research that would be wonderful.

• Answer:

  1. Your stand, are you for open campus or against? And why? Yes, of course. To me personally it's a wonderful idea because I could do something so much more useful then just sit there staring at the walls in free period, and I don't eat at school so it just wastes more of my time. 2. What are the benefits that you see in having an open campus? Any disadvantages? Advantages: Students get more freedom and more responsibility If a student forgot something at home they can run and get it I think it's a good way for students to get refreshed, rather than just sitting in a close room for for free periods or just sitting and eating in a cafeteria. You can go out to eat, in other words your not limited to just the school lunch. If the requirement is a high GPA then that would certainly push students to go the extra mile so they can leave when they want instead of feeling like there locked in a cage from 7:30 till 2 or however long you high school hours are. Disadvantages: Students would most likely not come back to school if it was an open campus, or some would simply run late and cause commotion. Students who drink/smoke. do drugs, find it as a free pass to get out and do stuff like that, then when returning to school it will cause problems. It would also cause problems for teacher since they would have to be watching the doors at all times to make sure no suspicious people come in and hurt students, if people are instantly going in and out it would be hard to see who who's coming and going. Also just keeping track of people would be hard, if the school wanted to find someone or contact them due to some trouble, being an open campus it would be hard to do so 3. How would you get around to the closet restaurant to your school if you had open campus? (car, foot, bike, bus ETC...) Well if my school had a close restaurant, say between 10-15 min of walking, then I would certainly walk, I can't drive yet :( Even if I could drive, if it were close I would walk. When I can drive I probably would drive, but sometimes I may decide to walk there with my friends.