This article is about students from Trenton Central High School who complain about the lack of hygiene found in their school's bathrooms. A total of 157 students have signed a petition demanding school administrators to improve the hygiene of the bathrooms (providing toilet paper, towels, soap), as well as repairing broken toilet stall doors.
I cannot understand why the Philadelphia Inquirer would put up such article. Yes, all schools should follow certain health and hygiene standards, however, I don't see the point of this short article. Are they going to have a follow-up article? What would they say? If anyone likes this article, do share with me.
Here's a link to the article:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/20090226_Trenton_high_schoolers_demand_bathroom_supplies.html
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I did a quick search of NY Times articles pertaining to school bathrooms, and I found an article from 2004 discussing poor bathroom hygiene in all five boroughs of New York City. Although there was much more substance to this article than the one posted by the Philidelphia Inquirer, it touched upon similar issues: broken stalls, a lack of supplies, and a general lack of upkeep. This is an issue I have never personally encountered, so I found it interesting that such poor sanitation could exist within a great deal of schools.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that it seems random that your outlet would post such an obscure, short article, and I think its general insignificance to the public is also reflected in the fact that the Times hasn’t bother to write a follow-up on their 2004 article in the five years that have passed.
The Times article about school bathrooms can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/nyregion/dirty-and-broken-bathrooms-make-for-a-long-school-day.html?scp=3&sq=bathroom%20supplies%20school&st=cse