Douglas County is a growing area, and not using lockers saves them money and eliminates some of the noise from the hallways. And before that, it was 39 individual school districts. There is a long history of using lockers in the Jefferson County School District. It was originally built in 1971 or 1972 and had a major renovation in 1995. That more kids drive to school.
Security surrounding how to move kids on site is one of the bigger issues.
Every time someone turns sixteen, it is almost a God-given right that they have a car. And they think that they have to drive to school. How to properly handle that is something we're constantly working on. So traffic flow is a major safety issue. It takes good budgets-and you can't stress that enough.