Morse High School: Detention Kids Hike Cemeteries, Count Tardies, Dodge Desks

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Morse High School detention turns surreal: students with 7 tardies or class-skipping infractions walk 3.5 miles through Maine’s Whiskeag Trail and cemeteries instead of serving classroom time. Trending queries like “Does hiking reduce school punishment?” and “Can nature walks replace detention?” get field tested in Bath, Maine, as counselor Leslie Trundy leads the group. “We’re going to follow the Whiskeag Trail, and we’re going to go through the cemetery,” Trundy announces, her seven charges gripping backpacks like parolees with hiking sticks.

Instead of silent classrooms, Trundy’s group navigates river loops, grave markers, and awkward conversations that sometimes sound like “It makes me have to, like, walk. It makes you breathe heavily, obviously.” Hike discipline collides with trending questions: “Is outdoor detention effective?” and “What are alternatives to school detention?” Some parents refuse permission, others debate if hiking is “enough punishment,” while Nicholas Tanguay admits, “It feels like an accomplishment almost”—proof irony survives the Maine woods.

At hike’s end, backpacks thump on pavement as Trundy wonders whether these freshmen will one day lead the outing club, or just become experts at cemetery shortcuts.

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