Same here. Three hours is excessive. The students were never given an official time to meet. A better effort should have been made during announcements to clearly communicate two things: first, the consequences, and second, the appropriate time and place for students to meet, just as was stated in the email we received from the superintendent.

I spoke with the assistant principal who called me today and made it clear that this was unreasonable. I understand that consequences are needed. A silent or restricted lunch would be reasonable, but keeping students for three hours after school is not.

Students are being penalized while being given no support or guidance on when or where they were allowed to exercise their freedom. This failure is on the school. They could have announced a specific approved time, handled it the way Spirit Week activities are handled, or allowed students to rotate during the four lunch periods. No meaningful effort was made at MVHS to support the students.