This is the fire code limit for the Winston Churchill High School
Cafeteria with a limit of 700.
Per Churchill's website there are 2,137
children enrolled in Churchill.
The school will confirm that the entire
school (all 4 grade levels) has lunch during the exact same lunch
period.
Students are less likely to be able to get out safely in
the event of a fire, than adults. Churchill has been notified of this,
but continues the practice of having lunch and other events (such as the
last school dance where 1,000 tickets were sold for the dance in this
same cafeteria) well beyond the fire code limit.
Recently a fight broke
out during lunchtime at Churchill. Experts can weigh in on the
behavioral affects of crowding kids regularly into a small space. No
observed effort has been made to have a head count on how many of the
2,137 children are in the 700 person limit in the cafeteria on a daily
basis. Free or reduced lunch children must go through the cafeteria to
get their food. This is just one example of MCPS schools failing to
follow rules regarding student safety even after being informed.
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