Rowan’s middle and high schools have not had lockers. Kids just schlep everything around with them. Honestly it is probably a lot easier in some ways.
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My kids have lockers assigned but neither has ever used them. Too far from some classrooms/not enough time between classes to be used
aug 15, 2025, 2:12 am • 0 0 • view
Yep. My kids only have 3 minutes between classes. And the high school campus is huge, there would be no way get to/from to your locker in time.
aug 15, 2025, 3:16 am • 0 0 • view
Three?! I don’t remember what the timing at the girls’ school was, but that seems like not nearly enough time!
aug 15, 2025, 3:19 am • 0 0 • view
Hannah's MS just went from 3 to 4 minutes between classes. It is nuts.
aug 15, 2025, 3:27 am • 0 0 • view
I remember 7 minutes but don’t recall if that was MS or HS. I did a career day at a MS and barely made it back after using the faculty bathroom right around the corner. I can’t imagine a cross-campus trek and needing water or a longer bathroom break.
aug 15, 2025, 3:54 am • 0 0 • view
Fortunately they don't have far to go between classes but if you've got to change a tampon or something you're on the clock.
aug 15, 2025, 3:58 am • 0 0 • view
All I can think of as a middle school teacher is how much trouble some kids would get into in 7 minutes 🫣 Our passing periods are 4 minutes and it seems about right, but the school is not especially huge.
aug 15, 2025, 1:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Lol, this is very true. Hannah was in the no tardy club last year, so I guess three minutes was enough for her, but she is also an adult in a child's body and extremely good at executive function and time management. I'm a little worried about E making it on time but I guess we will see!
aug 15, 2025, 1:25 pm • 1 0 • view
I can't even tell you how much time they have (they've changed the daily HS schedule every year I've had a kid there), but the school is huge.
aug 15, 2025, 1:04 pm • 0 0 • view
I found out the passing time this year is 4 minutes. 1500 kids, 4 floors, 125 classrooms. There is zero time to stop at a locker!
aug 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 0 0 • view
We have 980 kids but I feel like our building is relatively compact.
aug 15, 2025, 5:45 pm • 0 0 • view
MS we had lockers but didn't really go to them except before/after lunch. HS We had about 1200 across 2 very spread out floors. 4 minutes between classes. Did not really go to them between each class unless they were on the way.
aug 29, 2025, 6:19 pm • 0 0 • view
MS was super wide lockers you shared with someone (combination) HS was key locks which I think they had just to make constant money on the $5 replacement keys. (There were only like 25 different keys for all the lockers so it was not tight security)
aug 29, 2025, 6:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Oops, my bad. Our middle school has 3 minutes, the high school has 6. You can tell I’m really on top of my kids’ school schedules. 🤷🏼♀️😂
aug 15, 2025, 3:22 am • 0 0 • view
None of my kids have used lockers, even when they were available. Our middle school is on a temporary campus for 2y & they didn’t even bother to put them in.
aug 15, 2025, 3:14 am • 0 0 • view