Huge Middle School Tries To Feel Small
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Lunchtime at Creekland Middle School is conducted with order and precision. Classes have exactly one minute to get through the hallways and into the lunch line. And after dropping off their dirty trays, students have to walk along the perimeter of the cafeteria to leave, instead of clogging up the middle of the room.
"The Army could learn from us," remarked Susan M. Eyring, one of seven assistant principals here.
Such rules may seem to verge on regimentation, but they...
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