A new system of learning seminar was put into place this school year. Students in good standing had a free period, while students who were not were assigned a class in which they would recieve assistance.

However, since the beginning of fourth quarter, there will be no more rewards and remediation time during flex.  Instead, the administration chose to go back to the system from previous years in which green day second block consists of two different class periods.

Students have mixed feelings about the schedule change.

“I’m kind of disappointed that I won’t have the chance to get more free time,” said junior Brent Daughety. “I’d much rather have two classes like last year than just having stay-days, but I’m going to miss R&R.”

“I don’t like [the system from last year] actually,” said senior Bertha Turcios. “We could to go to other classes to bring up our grades but now we don’t have that chance to bring up our grades, especially for fourth quarter.”

Overcrowding in classrooms and wandering students were problems arising with the R&R method.

“Before, when we had R&R, there were too many kids in the class,” said math teacher Sherri Evans. “Too many students were running around and too many not doing anything.”

Evans has her own idea of a new seminar.  Her system uses diagnostics to find the students who are in need of academic assistance in a certain class.  These students could join others with similar difficulties, and, for the rest of the year, would work with an assigned teacher to improve.

“But that’s just my idea,” said Evans. “I think the students have been very good at adapting to the program, but I think adults don’t realize how good they are adapting to change.”