I got to school on Friday to a sea of rumors about the schedule next year. Apparently it’s going to be very different, and unfortunately none of the teachers would talk about it with the students. So, I went to an unnamed teacher close to the administration, and put together an explanation of what next year at Charlottesville High School will be like.

540 Mbps is currently ready to confirm the following:

There will be four lunches next year, along with eight periods as opposed to the current seven. In addition to 5th period (which meets every day), there will be a 6th period that also meets every day. For half the school, 5th will be lunch and 6th will be a class. For the other half, 5th will be a class, and 6th lunch. Additionally, each ~50 minute “everyday”-class will be split into homeroom and lunch, giving every student 25 minutes of homeroom, and 25 minutes of lunch. This is illustrated below.

It is also rumored that Seniors will not have to attend homeroom, and will instead get the full 5th or 6th period for lunch (which would allow them to go off-campus). Furthermore, CHS News Live will no longer be broadcast in the morning. Instead, it will be shown during homeroom (live during the first homeroom, recorded and rebroadcast for the other three).

Currently, “odd” classes (1st, 3rd, and 7th periods) meet every Tuesday and Thursday, where as “even” classes (2nd, 4th, and 6th) meet on Wednesdays and Fridays. All periods meet Mondays. In the revised schedule, there will be no “all” days. Instead, “even” and “odd” days will simply switch off every other day, so one week we would have three even days and two odd, while the next would have two even days and three odd.

The problem:

Students taking classes at UVA or PVCC, as well as those participating in internships, require a consistent, regular schedule to operate under. Right now, a student could easily miss 1st period every Tuesday and Thursday to take a class at UVA. Next year, this will be impossible. If you take a class every Tuesday and Thursday morning next year, you would need to miss both 1st and 2nd period classes. That’s impractical and impossible for most students/teachers to accommodate.

I think it’s a real shame that CHS is throwing away this great opportunity for students to take college-level courses at a school like UVA.

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