Ring. Ring. Ring. When the bell rings students go from class to class. The new seven class day makes the halls fill up twice as much, but full halls are not the only result of the new schedule.
Most of the teachers at Willis High School like this new schedule. They feel it benefits both them and the student while attending school.
“I like it keeps kids engaged for 45 minutes,” Special Education teacher Brett Carnine said. “I like to move around so sitting in the classroom for an hour and a half was not the best situation for me.”
On the other hand, coaches find this schedule more stressful because they have less time to work with the athletes.
“I don’t feel like it’s affected me too much as a teacher in a negative way,” softball coach Leechelle Lara said. “As far as the athletic side, it’s an adjustment right now. I’m still just trying to get my bearings down, like with how long everything takes, and making sure everything’s minute by minute.”
The seven periods come easy for some students who do not participate in extracurricular activities. With a little more free time with the faster paste schedule, it seems to be more beneficial for some students
“I love the bell schedule compared to last year,” sophomore Alexis Parker said. “The longer class would bore me and I would fall asleep now I’m awake the whole class since the classes are shorter. This also keeps me on track especially since I have Adhd. Beforehand I would get up and constantly be moving around and go and talk to someone. Now I sit down and focus because I know I don’t have that much to get my work done.”
Being a student-athlete isn’t always easy. It comes with the pressure of good grades, hard work, dedication, and no spare time.
“I feel like this is a waste of our time,” junior Audrie Call said. “It has been tough adjusting from the four periods to the seven periods a day, and I have no time to do anything. This has affected me because now I have to do everything at night. I have to work, do homework, go to lessons and practice. There isn’t enough time in the day for that. This is just very stressful and draining mentally and physically.”
