By Ashtyn Cripps
After months of hearing rumors about the school schedule changing, it finally happened; the schedule changed. Instead of either going in the morning from 8:20-11:10, or in the afternoon from 12:30-3:20, all students go all day from 9:05-2:55.
The schedule is meant to give more time for students to be in class. It is supposed to decrease the failure rate of students, but is the new schedule really working out for students, and teachers?
The district decided that students needed more class time because many more students were failing classes this year, than previous years. They tried to create a schedule that would increase student education.
In an interview Braden Scott, 24’, stated, “I don’t feel like the new schedule has increased my education. I know the teachers can’t really do anything about that, I just constantly get unfocused some days and can’t focus on anything because the class periods are so long.”
Teachers are giving out longer lectures and some are giving out less homework. A majority of the teachers are loving this new schedule because they are able to have more individual time for their students who are struggling and need the extra help.
Ms. Jordan, a math teacher on campus, stated, “I definitely feel like I’m able to get more one on one time with my students now and answer more of their questions than I was able to last semester. I am able to teach my lesson and have time to answer questions as students are working on assignments.”
Some teachers believe that the schedule is helping out students and positively impacting their grades.
Mr. Sandoval, a Spanish teacher on campus, stated, “I am already seeing a huge impact in this regard in all of my classes.” Teachers have more time to update grades, talk to students and parents, and help their students improve.
Some students were not necessarily happy with these new changes in the schedule. When asked, Taylor McElgree, 24’, remarked, “I personally do not like the new schedule. Others might but I just think that with such a long period of time it makes the increase of information being thrown at us harder to remember.”
With all of the new changes thrown at us this new year, it has become hard for students to adjust.
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