Gomez-Perez sits in her office located in the main hallway of the Carter building.

 Students walking during passing periods from one class period to another can observe Gomez-Perez sitting on a desk in the main hallway of the Carter building. A practice Gomez has always had during her time as the principal. “I like being in the hallway with you guys. But I had just a little rotating table. And so it just kind of became like, you know, let me just take out a desk instead,” Gomez-Perez said.

 Previously, Gomez-Perez had a rolling table, but she decided to take out a desk so it would be easier to monitor the hallways.

“We always have to monitor all our hallways, and so instead of me having to be in the office, working on office work, things that I can do out here,” the hallways in school should be monitored during passing periods by administration and teachers “We want to be able to have access to the hallways and so like this you guys see me in the hallway and you just come and talk to me,” Gomez-Perez said.

In order for all schools to ensure the safety of students and faculty, and to avoid damage to school property the hallways should be monitored.

One of the doors inside the boys’ restroom was recently broken from the hinge. The restroom will stay without a door until the facilities department can replace the door. 

A change on campus regarding the restrooms is that they are now locked after lunch so that students go directly to their designated classes after lunch. “We need to make sure that everybody goes to the classrooms right after lunch as soon as possible,” students have access to the restrooms in the cafeteria and the gym during the lunch period, and the restrooms in the hallways are available at all times with the exception of the transition time from lunch to the sixth period.

“The idea is that if you have to go to the restaurant during the lunch period, we use the cafeteria or we use the gym restrooms, then for your class then if you need to go to the restroom. You get permission from your teacher to go,” said Gomez-Perez. 

Daniela Flores is a 17-year-old, First-Generation student at Jimmy Carter Early College High School located in La Joya, TX. Her main goal is to earn the education that her parents and grandparents wished for her to have, and she is currently a dual-enrollment student at South Texas College working toward completing her Associate's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies of Criminal Justice. Daniela aspires to become a lawyer and eventually a Supreme Court Justice as one of her role models, Sonia Sotomayor. Since she has grown, so has her love for learning which is one of the reasons why she chooses to go to Carter because of all the learning opportunities it provides. While being at Carter, Daniela has become a part of many clubs and organizations: Leo Club, Future Business Leaders of America, UIL Prose & Poetry, Student Council, Battle of the Books/Book club, and National Honor Society.

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