Student reaction to AB schedule

     Harford County schools has initiated a new schedule that will be put into place next year to accommodate seniors enrolled part time. This new schedule will allow students participating in dual enrollment at Harford Community College to have a set routine of classes for the year. 

     According to guidance counselor Mrs. Jeanne Heinze, “If you look up classes at the community college their classes run Mondays and Wednesdays, or they run Tuesdays and Thursdays.” Schools will coordinate along with those schedules giving part time students a consistent routine. “If we keep it consistent every Monday and Wednesday for us next year will be an A day and every Tuesday and Thursday will be a B day, and Fridays will alternate determined by administration,” Heinze added. 

     Students planning on attending part time next year reacted with different opinions. Junior Andrew Patton commented “I’m okay with it because it’s going to benefit students taking a college class, the only negative thing would be if you have two of the same day back to back.” Having the Friday alternate between A and B days could result in having two of the same day but could give you “more time to get classwork completed,” junior Hayden Stoneback stated. 

     Junior Tori Simms mentioned “I think it’s great that the schools are doing the scheduling this way because it’s easier for people who are going part time to take classes at the community college if they want to further their education there before they take a four-year college.” Many agree that having this new schedule allows a consistent routine for students getting them prepared for a similar schedule for when they go off to college. 

      Stoneback stated, “The new schedule will have more structure and it won’t be as confusing as it used to be, and the workload will be more spaced out.” According to many students, this new schedule is a change and it will likely be an adjustment. 

PQ: “The new schedule will have more structure.”