Photo credit courtesy of senior Talia Doane

  With the 2021 San Luis Obispo High School school year kicking off, all enrolled students are finally back on campus full time after a year and half. This means that close to 1700 Hundreds of students are roaming around campus and through the halls. 

  As Measure D construction continues after being passed with 72 percent approval in November 2014, much of the campus has had to be closed off and new routes are needed to make way across the school.

  Due to this, there have been many new traffic jams and blockages around the school. Students are caused to be late to class or forced to find new routes.

   Expressions set out to find information about the new traffic with students. 

  “It’s hard to get from fourth to fifth period because I have to go through stairs to the science wing. There’s so many kids that are trying to go one way and so many trying to go the othergo other, that it’s this huge jam. There is the service road that I could take and go all the way around, but then I’ll be just as late and more tired than I would if I waited out the traffic,” said senior and people and culture editor Fiona Stevens.

  Personally, I take this pathway everyday and have already been late to class. By walking all the way from the 100 building to math, I’ve learned to speed walk and push my way through. This doesn’t always work and I’m still sometimes late and/or super out of breath. Slow walkers do not help and will be the death of this. 

  “We’re definitely encouraging usage of the road. From portables to math, go behind where the construction zone is and it’s smooth, it’s actually peaceful and beautiful. You can get there really quickly. The other way works well too but you have to go around and then you can come through the tiny tigers way and it’s wide, it’s open, and it works really well. Some other pathways are going to open within the next two months,” said principle Rollin Dickinson.

  In the coming future, SLOHS students can only hope that the traffic jam gets better and walking becomes easier.

Source: measured.slcusd.org