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The Bullpen: Namaste, WJ

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According to Time magazine, San Francisco has opened America’s first airport yoga room. That’s correct, a room dedicated to meditation and stretching will be just past Terminal 2.

Along with an art exhibit, wine bar and sourdough bakery, San Francisco is quickly becoming the coolest airport on both national and international levels. Sorry Heathrow, sorry Schiphol, there’s a new contender in town.

Free of noise and cell phones, the new 150-sq.-ft. studio even provides yoga mats. Pretty awesome, right? I certainly think so. I would even go as far as to say we should model WJ in the same fashion.

In every classroom, there should be bean bag chairs for students who don’t want to torture their hind quarters on the cold, unforgiving, marble desk seats. Instead of MCPS cafeteria food, there should be food kiosks set up in the most convenient spots around the school. A sushi bar near that staircase between the senior hallway and English rooms, a gourmet coffee shop set up in the social studies hallway and a cupcake bakery near the auditorium.

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Next there would be various nap rooms set up to replace the storage closets — like break rooms for doctors, but better. There’ll be disco balls, funky shaped chairs (baseball gloves, to pay homage to WJ’s namesake), tie-dye wallpaper and comfortable bedding from IKEA.

To go along with the newest fads, there would be an assortment of pillow pets in every classroom. Sometimes, people just need to pet a pillow. Plus, they would help boost test scores and decrease anxiety. How about some moving escalators in the hallways? Or better yet, tracks set up around the school for indoor use of Segways and go-carts. There would have to be some regulation put in place, of course, to discourage Segway racing (those machines can be deadly when put in such intense situations).

I admit, some of these suggestions may be a little unreasonable with our budget, but I think they should be put under consideration.

Or at least think about a sourdough bakery.

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