Most people agree with the new “open campus” policy, but not on how it has been decided.
On July 6, the Board of Education voted to adopt a pilot program to limit open campus to Juniors and Seniors. There has been a negative response to the move, (see “Nyack HS: Open and Shut Campus“, “Open Campus Needs to Be Open Discussion“, “Survey on NHS Open Campus Policy“).
The push back has been more about the process than the actual policy. Of the 89 people who responded to our survey, 60% agree the current policy needs to be changed.
89 people responded to our survey. Here are the results from each question:
| Q1 — Are you in favor or keeping the current Open Campus policy at Nyack High School, which permits all students to leave the school campus for lunch? | |||
| Yes | 35 | 39% | |
| No | 54 | 61% | |
| Q2 — Agree or disagree: Open campus should be restricted to juniors and seniors | |||
| Yes | 45 | 52% | |
| No | 42 | 48% | |
| Q3 — Agree or disagree: Open campus should be abolished for all grades | |||
| Yes | 17 | 19% | |
| No | 71 | 81% | |
| Q4 — Select the one option that best describes you. | |||
| Parent | 34 | 38% | |
| Taxpayer | 40 | 45% | |
| Graduate | 12 | 13% | |
| Student | 3 | 3% | |
| Q5 — I live in | |||
| Nyack | 38 | 43% | |
| South Nyack | 15 | 17% | |
| Valley Cottage | 17 | 19% | |
| Upper Nyack | 12 | 13% | |
| None of the above | 7 | 8% | |
