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Dear Editor, Hello, my name is Briana Leo and I am a senior student at North Kingstown High School. At North Kingstown High School, the lunch policy and senior privileges have always been the same. Since our principal, Mr. Gerald Foley, has been a member of the facility of our school, there has been no other senior privilege other than the ability for seniors to sit at a different location than the underclassmen and the privilege of parking, which juniors also have. Granted, the senior parking lot is closer to the school than the junior lot, however these two privileges still don’t seem like quite enough. Our idea was to extend the lunches and allow senior students to leave during the lunches to eat around the town. In order to make our goal possible, my group has spent a lot of time interviewing facility members and getting a grasp of who is on our side and who opposes our ambitions. We have interviewed our principal, two of our assistant principals, and our activities director. Through these interveiws, we have learned a lot about our project and about our school. The topic of senior privileges has been brought up by students and teachers before but no one has ever tried to take a stand and do something about the existing policies. We are the first group to venture down that path. Our next step with moving forward with our project is to raise public awareness. In order to do this, advertizing and marketing are very important. For example, if this letter is published in your paper, the more students that read this and get involved, the better chance we have at taking this plan forward. We are simply looking for some feedback to help get our project off the ground. I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank you for taking the time to read this letter, think about our cause, and possibly publish our notes. As a group, moving this project forward depends completely on student and community drive. Without the approval and interest of the public, we can get no further than speaking with our principal. In order to take our case to the next step, which would idealy be the school department or superintendent, we need public support and a steady group of followers to testify and show up at the school committee meetings, voicing our message. We can achieve this goal through publicity. Sincerely, Briana Leo Senior at NKHS