In light of glowing reviews from staff and students on Enloe’s new phone policy–(“It’s exactly the same as before. Only now, there’s a big sign to point at!”)–Enloe administration is planning on continuing their policy of fun, creative, and unique classroom control through the implementation of a Stoplight system.
Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, a massive 100 x 25 foot construction paper stoplight will be hung from the ceiling in the atrium. On it will be clothespins with the names of all 2,416 Enloe students. When a teacher notes a specific behavioral change in a student, the student will be sent to the atrium and have to climb a ladder in order to move their clip to a different color on the stoplight. Green will be for students who are behaving excellently, yellow for students who have caused minor problems, and being on red might earn you 15 minutes in the timeout corner.
The stoplight will be upside down- green placed on the bottom- so that only students who were very disrespectful today will have to risk potentially mortal injury from climbing the very tall ladder in order to move their clip to the red light. This should encourage all students to SOAR! No protective gear will be provided.
Infractions that could get you moved to the yellow light include being caught on your phone while the phone meter is on red, not having an assignment turned by the NAA date, talking during silent reading, or being mean to your friends during recess. Larger behavioral issues such as skipping classes, repeating the mistake that got you moved to yellow, or telling freshmen that there’s a pool on top of the East Building will get you moved to red. We trust the judgment of every single teacher here, so they will decide when you’ve earned the right to be moved back to a green light.
Furthermore, students who spend too much time on the red light will be receiving a call home. This is a very serious punishment that is not to be taken lightly. One Enloe teacher says, “I really think that this will cut down on behavioral problems and improve willingness to pay attention in class. No one wants to have all their friends see that their clip is on red, or miss class time to walk all the way to the atrium, climb the ladder, and move their clip.” The walk to the atrium is theorized to be a great time for students to reflect on their actions, whether they’re coming from the 1700s or the East building.
“We have to climb a 100 foot ladder with no safety gear?” remarked a student on the subject.
This is a big development in the Enloe discipline policy, and everyone is excited to see where it’s going!
