
“Holy shit, we’re in the same vocal class?!” Mollie said, excited. Mollie’s face immediately changes she has on a Joker-like smile.

“Man, finally! I feel like I’ve been waiting for a class like this all day!” “Like for fuck’s sake, how are you going to put me into “hard-as-fuck Global” and then into “make-me-snooze English” right after each other? The Waverly god is trying to test me.” If there was one thing Mollie will always be is dramatic, no matter where or what. “English,” Mollie answered in a monotone voice. We both grabbed what we needed from our lockers and looked at our schedules. “Well, look at you, hotshot,” Mollie teased. She looked at me like I had just done a magic trick. I walked closer to Mollie’s locker and unlocked it for her. The last thing I needed was for my best friend to get into her first fight in high school, let alone with upperclassmen. “I don’t know what the fuck is so funny.” Mollie turns around and watches them walk by. “Oh my god, can this fucking door just open already?!” A group of older students walk by and laugh in our direction. “Like the teacher thinks he’s teaching a college class for starters, and–” Mollie bangs the locker door with her fist. “Yo, Global is going to suck,” Mollie said as she struggles to open up her locker during passing. The teacher quiets down the class to continue the introductions. Kamalani?!” one of the older classmates from the back yells out. Of course, as I’m making my way to sit back down, someone from the back has something to say. Freshman.” I quickly said so I could sit back down and the teacher could move on from me. I take in a deep breath and let it out before standing up from my desk. The teacher finally looks at me with a massive smile on her face. I rolled my eyes, dreading when it’ll be my turn to introduce myself. The juniors and seniors at the back of the room had something to say about every new face in this goddamn class. Poor guy he looks like he’s about to throw up today’s lunch. She pointed toward the first student who sat closest to the door. “So before the bell rings, let’s quickly go around the room and introduce each other!” the teacher said.

High-school math is a different language how was I passing Math back in middle school?! I look around and see some freshmen that look just as scared as I am, and then there are the classmates that seem to be relieved to not be the “fresh meat” anymore, and then there are juniors and seniors that are doing nothing but talking at the back of the classroom. Time has been moving slower than usual, and it’s only the first day of school. I look at the clock above the blackboard in my classroom. It seems like half of us who graduated from Beverly in June were so excited to leave middle school behind, not realizing that high school is just an extension of all the drama, especially if half of your middle school comes to the same high school as you. With people wanting to be sure they know where their food is coming from, Milo Locker has seen increased business.High school is a lot different than how it is in movies. They are booked out through June for processing and are able to hang beef for up to 30 days. The Goerings pride themselves on supporting local farms, as they only work with Iowa farmers to supply retail meat such as pork, beef and lamb.

The new 13,000 square feet facility has allowed the business to keep up with the high demand of their retail meat business and small grocery store, where Angie said, “We’ve never run out of toilet paper.” Milo Locker, located in Milo has been in business for 20 years and has never seen anything like this happen in the industry.Īngie and Darrell Goering, owners of Milo Locker, recently moved to a larger facility and said the timing couldn’t have been better.

While the large meat packing plants are seeing outbreaks of the virus across the state, smaller meat lockers are experiencing an increase in business. Two local meat lockers have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic like many others in the packing plant and agriculture industries.
