The KOE Picnic that was set for May 4 ended up being cancelled due to stormy weather. KOE members went out early to set up the already paid for inflatables and to grill the hot dogs and hamburgers. After spending time outside in the gloomy weather to get the picnic picture perfect, KOE made their way back inside when it was announced that the picnic would no longer take place.

“We were super bummed,” KOE sponsor Lindsey Scheller said. “We tried to think of any way around it but at the end of the day we just couldn’t have it out there with lightning.”

The weather wasn’t the only thing that didn’t cooperate. Problems with inflatables and missing helium tanks set back preparations. KOE was under a tighter time constraint than previous years due to a track meet forcing the picnic to take place during 4th and 5th hours rather than the usual end of the day. Students were disappointed about missing out on having some fun.

“I think a lot of the students were pretty upset because they were looking forward to getting out of class and spending time with their friends,” KOE president Barbi Bateman said.

Because the picnic was cancelled, KOE lost $5,000 that they used for the inflatables and food.

“The kids were disappointed, and the club lost a lot of money,” Scheller said.

Though handing out the ice cream originally purchased for the picnic was KOE’s way of trying to  make it up to students, most feel that it doesn’t suffice.

“I was grateful they tried to make it up for us, but there could have been a better plan,” senior Catashia Davis said.