fourth article of the second marking period

not the normal book review that I do, maybe not even a features article. oh well...

With the construction almost over at Cab Calloway, there are many new problems arising. Besides the auditorium problems and the air conditioning being on in the winter, there are some other issues. One has come to my attention through my good friend, Samantha. She is on the Charter swim team and one of the lights in the lane she swims in is broken. Every time she goes to push off of the wall, she cuts her foot on the broken pool lamp.

The coaches are aware of the problem and all they have done to do to fix it is put a thick piece of plastic over the top half of the light. The bottom half of the light is still exposed and you are still able to cut your foot on the glass. The members of the swim team are outraged! The light has been broken for over a year and the school can’t spend the little amount of money that is takes to fix this small light with a big problem.

This damaged light also slows down the swimmers. They have to put their feet around the light while trying to avoid being cut. While doing this and while racing at the same time, the swimmers don’t meet their prior times. During a recent meet, Samantha had to race and avoid the broken light. Her times were slower than they normally are.

Samantha is going to talk to the coaches again and hopefully fix this problem. Until then, good luck swimmers!