A few noticeable changes are being made throughout the high school, and Assistant Principal Mrs. Darlene Corris is behind all the alterations to disciplinary policy. Laptop Checks What most students do not know is that laptops were regularly and randomly being checked even before they were being pulled out of classrooms. In the past the only laptops checked were the ones in for repairs with Mr. Hickey, but recently the pool has expanded out. “We’ve got to get every grade level as well,” Mrs. Corris said. “I have to prove we’re doing the right thing with [the laptops],” Mrs. Corris said. Although it may not seem like it to students, the laptops are entirely the school’s property, and the $50 fee paid at the beginning of the year was fundamentally just the student paying to rent the laptop for the year, she said. What the administration is most concerned about is uncopyrighted material on the laptops; movies or music downloaded by Limewire, Frostwire, or any other illegal torrent program is a violation of the contract signed by each student when they first received their laptop. If those uncopyrighted materials caused a lawsuit, the school would be to blame, and that could result in a lot of money lost. Profanity Issues The current FHS policy for swearing is that a student is to receive in-school for the day, but Mrs. Corris has decided to get a little more creative with the discipline. “I need to do something that’s going to get everybody’s attention,” she said. She believes that the recent student-created public service announcements have been a good way to do just that. Her reasoning is that the message to the student body from a fellow peer is a better way to get their attention and initiate a culture change. “It’s just a respect issue with me,” she said. Mrs. Corris has spoken with the Pep Club and plans on working with them to develop a running theme for the school: RESPECT. There is a possibility of T-shirts to be made and given out to students who exemplify this motto, and who help to promote positive attitudes in the high school. Mrs. Corris said that on some days she spends over 10 hours a day in this building, and that hearing disrespectful phrases thrown around in a place she calls home will not be tolerated. “This is where I live,” she said, “I’m not putting up with this in my own living room.”