by staff writer, Yul Kim

            Evidently, the campus has not been secured to its fullest extent.  
            This statement was proven by an experiment performed last month by the newspaper staff. The students observed many different aspects of the entire campus, including several students walking around aimlessly during class, a lack of vigilant security guards at certain locations, and strikingly, an unlocked gate next to the baseball field.
Assistant Principal Bill Sterling did acknowledge the fact that he was aware of some rumors that students had access to keys. In response, he stated a few possibilities.
            According to him, the school has been using the same locks for fifteen years. Also, an incident from last year when a substitute teacher lost the keys could have accounted for this.
            “We are in the process of creating new locks,” Sterling said.
            Additionally, during the investigative walk, the journalism students encountered a woman exercising around the track field during school hours. When asked how she entered the campus, she coincidently said that she came through the open gate next to the baseball field.
Assistant Principal Hagop Eulmessekian said that no one out of school is allowed on campus during school hours. However, he did mention that district councils go in and out of campus, which is why the gates are often unlocked.
“If we see people on campus that are not supposed to be here, we will ask them to leave,” he said.
Security guards go around the school perimeter to ensure all gates are latched during the school day.  
            Gates are unlocked by coaches and security guards every morning before school. These drills are performed at 8:30 a.m. in order to relock. They are then unlocked at 2:30 p.m.
            As school construction is still in progress, there will also be new hardware to come for doors on campus.