In the past 20 years, Frisco ISD has built 60 schools and has grown by more than 50,000 students with this number expected to continue growing. However, the rising tide of students in the school district has caused an overflow in the hallways. FISD high schools are designed to hold up to 2,100 students with many schools close to reaching capacity including this campus.

With 2083 students on campus as of Oct. 1, problems have arisen inside the school, especially in the busy, crowded hallways. The hallways are overflowing with students going one way and others going the opposite way, while running into one another.

Students stop in the halls and talk to their friends, while others push past students, or walk too slow. The number of students in this school only makes these problems increase and make it almost impossible to walk down the classroom hallways.

However, there a few simple things that can be done to alleviate this.

1. Continue to walk and don’t stop when in the halls
2. Don’t run into people walking to their next destination
3. Walk at a normal speed (not too fast or too slow)

These simple steps will make a difference, but it won’t solve the problem. FISD is opening a new high school in the fall (Lebanon Trail) which is going to reduce the number of incoming freshmen on campus. This will help the crowded hallways somewhat, but it will not completely prevent the problem.

The growth in the district is nothing that can be stopped but how students behave in the hallway is something we can all address.