Brady McHale, a sophomore at Lower Merion, will be giving readers an inside look at high school life throughout the school year.
After Saturday's upset win against Radnor -- something that hadn’t happened in a decade -- some Merion students proclaimed Monday to be a day off of school. That word quickly traveled and come Monday morning students were taking their own “mental health day” well actually, a “celebration day.”
There was some historical precedence. Turns out, years ago after we won against Radnor, school officials would give students off following the Monday. The policy ended when other schools in both districts thought it was unfair for one school to have off just because of a football game.
In school Monday, for those who showed up, it was a regular day. Many teachers did tell me that in at least each of their classes five or six students were absent. Along with being absent completely, many kids who didn’t have afternoon classes left early to go and join the others in celebrating.
I failed to get an answer on just how many students were actually not in school, but judging from the relative ease of walking through the halls, I think its was safe to say there were a lot.
