My oldest doesn't have an official Aspergers diagnosis. I have pretty much decided to not worry about a label and focus more on what he needs.
He definitely has sensory issues. In elementary school the school wasn't great, but they certainly were aware and sometimes tried to help.
This is his second year in middle school. In 6th grade the school is a little more gentle with the kids, but now that he is in 7th grade, they have adopted an attitude of "he just better get over it". Every day there seems to be a different problem. I'm just trying to prioritize at this time.

I think his biggest problem now is the hallways. It's a big school with a lot of kids. The hallways are very crowded and I'm sure noisy. They have 4 minutes to get from one class to the next. He is so stressed out. He often leaves things in classrooms rushing to get out the door or he just tosses items in his backpack as he doesn't feel like he has time to put anything away. Those items (often homework assignments) get lost. He complains of people pushing in the hallways and being crushed. With his sensory issues, I am sure if that isn't the case that is how he feels.
I could throw a fit and demand he get to leave one minute early, I'm sure. But, he is very sensitive to being singled out and doesn't like the other kids to know he gets accomodations.
Anyone have ideas? Anyone just have the same problem?

At first glance of this thread's title, I thought you were announcing that Microsoft had just created a new application called "Hallways" and had to look!

Sadly, he'd look really out of place wearing football equipment to school, unless he could somehow be on the football team (riiiight....) that would reduce things somewhat for the sensory issues for feel, but it'd also single him out.

I don't know how big the school is and the distance between classes in his case. When I attended high school, they were doing major renovation/expansion, and removed one long hallway (a bridge) between two major sections of the school, and this required a much longer hallway walk/run, and they extended the time to (I believe it was) 7 minutes as a result, but if you had classes at extreme ends, it was still a bit of a hoofing exercise time-wise, as you could end up going down the hallways for > 1/4 mile (they ran gym class/track indoors in the winter in the hallways, as there was at least one circularish path, and it's so long). In high school, I rode my bike there at around 12 mph, hopped off, had it at the rack at the far end of the longest hallway, and ran with my backpack through the long hallways or through the long front sidewalk and then the hallways to first hour. I found via sidewalk sales downtown that one of the most efficient ways to make speed through a crowd of people is to move fast and appear like you're not at all watching where you're going, and it's sort of like a human version of parting the red sea.

It is a shame that he is so sensitive about being singled out, because an extra minute or two would make all the difference in the world for him not getting crushed in the noisy hallway.

I had a similar problem in high school, but a classmate figured out shortcuts to our classes and showed me how to avoid the crowds by taking them and this made a huge difference for me. Have you ever visited his school while classes change? Do you see any shortcuts?

Thanks for the replies.
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The school is set up in these sort of box like hallway formations. The 6th grade classes and lockers are in one square. Go to another Square for 7th grade and same for 8th. Of course, gym and lunch are not in the square system. This seems like it would be a good idea, but the teachers with electives can be in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade square. He takes a couple of classes that are above grade level putting him in 8th grade square. The halls are way over-crowded. Last year they had 3 minutes and there were complaints so I'm told admin. walked all the possible distances and determined 4 minutes is enough. But, I'm sure they did not do that with the hallways full of kids.
All the kids are concerned about getting to class on time and are in a rush and it makes the pushing worse.
Ideally, he should leave a minute or two sooner, but he is so sensitive.
Right now, I'm telling him to just do his best and not worry about it. If he is fooling around and is tardy that's one thing, but if he is genuinely trying his best to get from class to class in time, then if he is late just let the teacher write him up as tardy and tell me about it at home. I'll go throw a stink at the school and get the teacher to disregard.
I also need to be sure he understands that the pushing and shoving isn't targeted at him. All the kids are pushed and shoved.
Some things are getting easier with him, but others way worse. I am pretty sure it is hormones that are affecting things.
(Oh, and try convincing him that the girl who comes into class everyday and says she hates him, doesn't. It's kind of amusing. "Why would she say she hates me if she likes me? That doesn't make sense". "I know, but that's how girls are. If she hated you, she wouldn't bother speaking to you". I think this is a typical boy issue and has nothing to do with AS)