Opinion: Women’s bathrooms take too long
Nisha Marino, Staff Writer
November 26, 2018
One minute. Five minutes. Ten minutes... and you’re still in line, you can’t see the end, and you’re going to pee your pants. But time has run out. According to Women's Health, the average person needs to use the restroom six to seven times every 24 hours, depending on their bladder size and how regularly they drink water. In a school day, that makes for more than a c...
School bathrooms show uncleanliness
Sam Hanlon, Staff Writer
May 7, 2018
Throughout the school day, hundreds of kids use the bathrooms. However, some students question how clean those bathrooms are during the day. "Each day, the bathrooms are cleaned by the night custodial staff and are in good condition at the beginning of the school day," Administrative Vice Principal...
Softball players locked out of bathroom facilities
Samantha Chu, Scot Scoop Editor
March 9, 2018
Unbeknownst to many students at Carlmont, there are young children on campus. And they're taking over the bathrooms near the softball field. Located in G1 and G2, Happy Campers' new daycare opened at Carlmont on March 1. According to Principal Ralph Crame, it was implemented because the Sequoi...
Carlmont opens first gender-neutral bathrooms on campus
Izzy Mitchell, Staff Writer
May 30, 2016
On Wednesday, May 26, the lower D hall bathrooms were transformed into “All-Gender Restrooms” with the combined efforts of Carlmont's Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) and the administration. This change allows any person, regardless of gender, to use these bathrooms, enabling transgender people...
Gender-neutral bathrooms aren’t complete ‘safe-zones’
Justin Som, Staff Writer
May 25, 2016
As a conservative Democrat, I completely support the efforts of transgender people to erase discrimination from the general populace. Like many Americans, I have seen that there are similarities between the African-American civil rights movement of the 1960s and the LGBT movements of today. Yet, when...
Leela Stuepfert, Staff Writer
As summer approaches, the continued maintenance of the Stanford Dish Trail encourages Bay Area residents...
Audrey Luey, Staff Writer
The Hiller Aviation Museum’s annual Biggest Little Air Show drew in crowds of people with its multiple...
Evan Ajuria, Staff Writer
Some people love it and some people despise it; regardless, Chick-fil-A is still coming to Redwood City. Chick-fil-A,...
Mandy Hitchcock, Staff Writer
June 20, 2019
Junior Kaimei Gescuk describes her path towards becoming a runner and the strength she needs to get there.
Ava Richards, Staff Writer
June 6, 2019
Ava Richards reports on the luau that the Carlmont Choirs held. The party honored several students with awards and concluded with a homemade video full of photos and memories...
