Staff Editorial: Free time in schedule allows forextracurriculars, interaction
The alarm loudly buzzes at the normal time, and after eating a bowl of cereal and nearly falling asleep on the long car ride, we begin the school day. Four hour-long classes await, then a short lunch, then a final two before the marathon ends at 3:00 sharp.
Looking at a normal day’s schedule in the Upper School, it is easy to see that some cuts could be made to shorten the typical day significantly.
If Bagel Break were removed, lunch was shortened to 30 minutes per day, and F-Day assembly time was done away with, the average school day would be roughly an hour shorter, resulting in less time that students would need to be present at school itself. read
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