What comes to mind when you think of using the bathrooms here at McKinley?

Probably the common lack of soap, paper towels, toilet paper, and the notoriously common unflushed toilets.

“The bathrooms are dirty and when it comes to drying my hands or using the bathroom I feel uncomfortable,” said Meagan Harris, sophomore.
“The bathrooms are nasty and gross,” said another McKinley sophomore, Josiah Alzona.

Last year one whole row of the stalls in E building girls’ bathroom were out of order. “People abuse what’s in there. They take out all of the paper towels, and plug the toilets,” said Principal Ron Okamura.

When students do not respect McKinley’s bathroom necessities (e.g. soap, paper towels, toilet paper, and mirrors), custodians might stop replacing them because we waste them, and thats taking money out of fun school activities.

Don’t we all want a nice and clean bathroom that we feel comfortable in, just as if it were our own.

According to Okamura, the three main items McKinley high school strives to provide are seat covers, papers towels and toilet paper. The custodians try to stock the bathrooms on a weekly basis but students waste the things that are needed for the bathroom.

Custodian John Aipia said, “We try to keep it clean for you guys.” He added, “Students do things that they wouldn’t do at home.”
The school bathrooms are not an everyday problem, but when there is a problem and it is terrible. It is not what the principal and custodians expect from McKinley students.

Everyone wants a nice, clean, comfortable bathroom. So ladies and gentlemen, can we strive to keep the bathrooms decent? Make that a reminder for yourself. No trash, no clash! Show your tiger pride!