It is unquestionable that the locker space here at Perry is very limited. At any given point during the day, there is up to three different classes changing in one small space.

Not only is this crowded, but it can also pose a safety hazard. Especially in the women’s locker room, it is a frenzy of changing to make it to the next class on time in a matter of a few minutes.

There needs to be an expansion to the locker rooms to optimize the space, and to help the students in these classes be more time efficient.

Coach Jolene Boone, a weights and conditioning coach here at Perry, shares that the locker rooms were not intended to be as cramped as they are currently. “The facilities were built with the expectation that we would have about half of the enrollment that we have had.”

The whole school was built with the idea that the student body would be about half the numbers it currently has, and similarly to the expansion of the “F” Building occurred last year, the locker rooms may be the next to experience change.

Though the locker rooms are crowded, Boone, like many other faculty, take an optimistic approach to the situation. “[The cramped locker rooms] shows we have a lot of students that are involved in athletics, phys[ical] ed[ucation], and the sport weight training classes.”