Since the beginning of the school year, Ann Collins, a librarian at the high school and a nominee for the Most Valuable Librarian award in 2014, has noticed that the decibel detector in the back room of the library has been unusually low.

“During its early hours and closing minutes,” Collins complains, “the library has been too quiet. Some students, along with myself, work better with the background ambiance that comes from eight to 10 people conversing around a table or even the occasional sound of a pretzel being munched on.”

Collins has realized that for many students at the high school, conversing in the library may seem like an impossible task. Trying to attain the level of elite focus required to do homework in a public space may already seem too difficult.

However, Collins has noticed a select few for whom talking in the library appears to be easy.

Senior Devin Videlefsky has been kicked out of the library on seven charges of talking, two charges of throwing a pencil into the ceiling and one count of playing a game known to many as Super Soccer Slime.

“That young man’s devotion to attaining a friendly decibel level is heartwarming,” Collins said.

Collins feels uneasy when looking to the future.

“Will the decibel detector ever reach past the peaks created by the class of ‘08?” Collins said. “Students need to push themselves to learn how to hold conversations in the library as loud as possible.”

This is the legacy that Collins hopes to leave behind.

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