One Friday this past semester, Charlottesville High School classes were canceled for the day. The reason for this break was not a national holiday, nor a rather early and fortuitous snow day. Instead, the teachers, who have dedicated their lives to educating the future generation, did not feel comfortable showing up to school. Since the pandemic, and particularly this school year, there has been a rise in rule-breaking and violence among students at CHS. It was this trend of violence and a lack of support in addressing behavioral issues which prompted the superintendent to close the high school which constitutes an unprecedented step. When a rising lack of discipline in CHS becomes so evident, many see a form of stricter punishment as necessary to inculcate discipline back into the minds of students.