Shawnee Mission North West has implemented a new hall pass system. In previous years, students were required to request a restroom pass from their teacher, then would take a piece of paper to signify that they were approved to go. This has been happening for many years, but our school has decided to alter the rules. 

Next semester, it will be mandatory to send a request online to teachers in order to use the bathroom and or leave the classroom at all. 

“The E-Hall pass system is a way to ensure that we know the location of every student here at Northwest. This semester we are just practicing during seminar,” associate principal Britton Haney said. 

In first semester, three teachers volunteered to test how using the passes work. Ryan Swift, science and chemistry teacher, was one of the three. 

“It’s a good system to use because it will help keep teachers and students accountable for class time,” Swift said.

Swift offered to start using the passes to track how long his students were out of the classroom. He wanted to know where to go from there, depending on how long they’ve been out. 

Some students also agree, thinking that the passes will benefit class time. 

“I think that the passes are a good source, because students need to be reported where they’re at,” sophomore Annabelle Pera said. 

Sophomores and freshmen are familiar with the passes because Trailridge Middle School used them. But juniors and seniors haven’t used them before. 

Junior Halle Gray, thinks that the passes will create distractions. 

“It’s just more of a hussle. Kinda frustrating,” Gray said.

Haney confirmed that the passes will likely be used in the future. Haney hopes that the transition will be as smooth as possible, since this is a new thing for most of the school.