Lawrence Middle School

Lawrence Middle School is a junior high school for students in grades 7 and 8 in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is located adjacent to Lawrence High School. The school is the only junior high school in the Lawrence Township Public Schools.

Lawrence Middle School's mascot is the cardinal.

School hours are 7:55 AM - 2:55 PM.

Awards and recognition

For the 1999-2000 school year, Lawrence Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the second highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=069&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1999-2000] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 25, 2006.]

Controversy

Lawrence Middle School was in the media in the midst of a scandal about bathroom pass policies in 2004. The school was mentioned on major news networks, and was used in a joke on the hit NBC late night show, Saturday Night Live, in which Tina Fey said: "A controversial new discipline policy at Lawrence Middle School in New Jersey is limiting students to just 15 bathroom breaks a month. Plus one additional bathroom break if you need to give birth to your baby." [ [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/03/03mupdate.phtml SNL Transcripts Season 29: Episode 13] , originally aired February 21, 2004.]

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