Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2001, Page 45

Description:	Students and teachers weigh both positives andnegatives of all-traditional schedules students started the 2000-2001school year, they noticed severalchanges on the campus. Perhaps[the most widely talked about and:ontroversial change was thetraditional schedule that was adopted. No longerwere students given a choice of schedules;everyone was asked to follow a traditional sixperiod day.Traditional scheduling, like anything else,had its pros and cons. No doubt the easiest[scheduling process] is the six period day, Mr.George Smith, counselor, said.Students found that planningtheir™ classes was easier withthe traditional schedule.When I had hybrid there were alwaysissues in making my schedule. I havent had thatproblem with traditional, junior Chris Johansensaid.The traditional schedule also allowed formore material to be covered in the classroom. Acourse in block would only have three-fourthsof the total time that a traditional course wouldhave.Ive had teachers say that they ran out oftime to finish all the material in a block class,Smith said.Mrs. Jo Cease, foreign language, taught inan all block schedule for the past three years.Cease says she can now teach her classes withoutfeeling, rushed to get to the end of the gradingperiod.Cease felt the ease of having six-weekgrading periods, as opposed to four-week gradingperiods the year before, but she had to focus onchanging her everyday teaching plans.Im still used to planning forr Mr. an 87- — _^ ^%^k ^ -r_ minuteclass, so the plans I makeusually take twice as long, Cease said.Senior Parker Collins did not mind thetraditional schedule, but thought hybrid was thebest answer since the day is more broken up.However, Collins believed that the traditionalschedule was more conducive to learning. It iseasier to take in and remember more information,Collins said.There was no telling whether the traditionalschedule was here to stay, or if it was just a shortterm solution to the schools scheduling debates.As Cease said, There are pluses and minusesno matter which way you go.By Kim ValentaSophomore Peter Hansenplays his saxaphone duringadvanced jazz band. Allclasses, including bandclasses, were 53 minuteslong in the traditionalschedule as opposed to 87minutes long in block.During a passing period,students use the atriumsteps to get to their nextclass. Administratorsadvised students to usecommons areas so otherhallways and stairwellswould be less crowded.Derek Bradley^ohceUA£& GhwvaeiLauren Demming
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