Pandemic drives students to gyms
Kishan Ramchandani and James Green
Junior Sarah Metzler said she joined a gym during the pandemic because she had “nothing better to do.”
March 24, 2021
According to a WCTZ News survey, a year after first locking down for COVID-19, many students have signed up for gym memberships to work on their fitness and to stay active.

![Sophomore Isabelle Gaudry walks through the metal detector, monitored by School Resource Officer Valerie Butler, on Aug. 13. “I think [the students have] been adjusting really well," Butler said. "We've had no issues, no snafus. Everything's been running smoothly, and we've been getting kids to class on time.”](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_9979-1200x800.jpg)















































