Whether a student has been stopped by one or not, everybody knows who the hall monitors are. From around a corner or several feet away, a student is warned of the monitor from the voices and static coming from the radio attached to the adult’s hip.

   By some students, the hall monitors at Fraser High School are often disrespected. Most students do not realize how much the monitors do to keep the school running and the students safe.

    “We’re always running; we’re always busy,”   FHS hall monitor Diane Fraser said.

 As bothersome as it may be to be stopped by one of these cops without a badge, their only goal is to guide students in the right direction and keep the school safe.

   “My goal is to make sure you’re where you’re supposed to be so you can be out of here and graduate with your class on time in four years,” Lynn Mroz, a hall monitor at FHS said.

   Door duty, delivering items, checking halls after school, and making sure kids follow rules are some of the jobs that a hall monitor fulfills.

“Each of our hall monitors wear many hats from managing different situations, communicating concerns, using sound judgment to carrying out various duties around the school daily,” Assistant principle Huston Julian said.

   Some even go above and beyond what is expected of them. Building support aid Mroz even works on the weekends.

    “I work 7 days a week during season. During season I do all the stadium rentals on Saturdays and Sundays, so that would be my extra two days. Five days a week I’m at school, then the evenings for sporting events,” Mroz explained.

   Unlike some of us, hall monitors enjoy the time they spend in school. The best part of a day at school for them is the time spent around the students.

   “My walk of life if I was able to fulfill it would have been in education. I was unable to finish up in school because my father had died when I was young. I had a lot of brothers and sisters so I was needed at home, so my education became secondary,” Mroz shared.

  Like the other hall monitors, Mroz has a heart for others. She cares for the students at Fraser High School and only wants the best for them. Without these officers, our school would not run successfully. Each hall monitor has a sheet of paper that lists where they need to be and what time they need to be there. From door duty to managing locker rooms, there is always something for them to do.

   It is too often when a student shows disrespect to these support staff. Whether someone agrees with an adult or not, he or she is meant to be respected.

       “Until they get to know me, a lot of people do not like me because I am a person that, if there is a rule, I’m going to follow it, and I expect you to follow it. If you’re not going to follow it, there are consequences,” Mroz said.

   From messengers to guardians, our hall monitors at FHS are people just like all of us. They are here to help students, and they care enough to do just that.

   “I would always caution our students to think before they respond in any situation and consider the fact that our hall monitors are doing their jobs to maintain the safety of our building,” Julian said.