Richmond Hill Filled.

In Kew Gardens the closest high School is Archbishop Molloy. The only problem is that it costs $6,720 + $200 non-refundable registration fee. Another option is the Shaar Hatorah High School but that is also a private high school. The only other option is Richmond Hill high school which isn’t even in Kew Gardens; it’s located in the heart of Richmond Hill. It’s a short bus ride down Lefferts Blvd but that’s not the only inconvenience. Richmond Hill High School is severely over crowded. It is meant to hold 1,800 students but it is now home to 3,600. The grounds of Richmond Hill High School are filled with little red trailers that house freshmen. These trailers weren’t meant to be used this long so now they are falling apart. The high school itself is filled with students making it hard to move from room to room. To try to enforce kids getting to class on time Hall Sweeps were created. If a student was standing in the hall after the bell he/she was sent to the office for detention. These little steps will fail in the long run as the High School becomes more and more packed. As Nadia Somwaru, a student at Richmond Hill HighSchool notes, “The hallways are mad crowded and I’m aways getting to class late”.