In recent years, Lambert High School has become a sought-after educational institution known for its academic rigor and extracurricular excellence. Parents and families from all over the world have witnessed Lambert’s achievement of creating a highly capable student body that is well-equipped for higher education and the workforce, resulting in a massive surge in the school’s population.
With each incoming class of freshmen, Lambert’s population has grown exponentially and will most likely continue to do so. Students have raised several concerns about Lambert’s extremely large student population, including the “swarming” hallways during class changes and bus driver/teacher shortages. Will Lambert be able to sustain their quality of education and infrastructure despite this dilemma, or is it time to build an entirely new Forsyth County high school altogether?
“South Forsyth experienced a very similar problem a few years ago,” Lambert sophomore Rishima Dhanuka said. “Their school became so saturated that they eventually had to construct new schools like Denmark and East Forsyth. It ultimately doesn’t matter how established or well qualified a school is if their soap dispensers need to be refilled all the time and there’s no room to sit on the buses.”
While Lambert’s infrastructure has weakened in the past few years, some students have little to no complaints about what Lambert has to offer to its students.
“My grade level accounts for a large portion of our school’s population,” Lambert freshman Zi Qi Guan stated. “But I really don’t think there are any fundamental issues with Lambert’s functionality as a school. Students are able to take the classes they want and participate in clubs that may not be offered in other schools, which is ultimately more important than extremely clean classrooms and slightly less crowded hallways. Given our large population, I think the school building and our facilities are in reasonable condition and will hold up for several more years.”
The discussion of Lambert’s populous student body has become a hot topic of debate not only for students and teachers but also for many parents and family members. The question regarding whether Lambert will uphold its prestigious legacy or be unable to sustain its student population in the coming years still remains unanswerable.
