We asked each grade what they thought about this year’s schedule changes. Here are their opinions:
When asked to rate the schedule out of ten, the seniors at Boulder High seemingly did not think very highly of it. Out of six students interviewed, the highest score received was a 5/10. The average score was a meager 2/10. Additionally, when questioned whether they felt more or less comfortable in the schedule compared to previous years, seniors were unimpressed.
Bodie Fox, ‘26, said, “I am way less comfortable. I don’t like the short lunches; they’re not good, not cool, not fun.” Shortened lunches are a common grievance in the Class of ’26’s thoughts regarding the schedule. Sydney Hood, ‘26, added, “Lunch is supposed to be a fun social time, but it becomes stressful when you have to gulp down your food and run to class.”
The juniors were similarly disappointed. Of the five juniors interviewed, the highest score given was a four. The average response was again a dismal 2/10. When asked if they felt constricted in the amount of time they have for lunch, the juniors aired their grievances. An anonymous junior expressed, “I think that cutting our lunches in half to make class three minutes longer has no positive impact. I think they should give students more of a voice when they make these decisions.” Liam K, ‘27, said,
“I don’t have time to eat my lunch or move my car.”
Unsurprisingly, the sophomores proved as unhappy as the upperclassmen. The highest rating out of ten from the five sophomores interviewed was a three. The rating stayed the same as the older grades, averaging exactly a 2/10.
These students were then asked if they feel they have too little or too much time in each class. Responses conveyed dissatisfaction: Cassidy Priepke, ‘28, voiced, “I feel like kids are gonna burn out.” An anonymous student added, “There’s too much time on block days, not enough on normal days.”
When asked to rate the schedule out of ten, the freshmen were far more optimistic than older students. Of five surveyed, the highest rating from the Class of ‘29 was a glowing 8/10. The overall average was a shocking 6.5/10. When asked how the schedule compares to middle school, freshmen took a contented tone. Kylee Riess, ‘29, claimed, “The schedule is definitely better in high school, because in middle school, you didn’t really ever have time to get work done because the classes were too short, so you had so much homework instead of getting time in class.”
Lucas Winter, ‘29, agreed, “I feel like this schedule is a lot better than middle school. I definitely feel like I have more freedom in this schedule this year because I can go
off campus for lunch.”
Overall opinions on the new schedule are less than laudatory. Averaging between grades, the student rating is about 3.1/10. Including just the grades that experienced the former schedule, the grade drops to exactly a 2/10. Returning students feel stressed, and rushed with lunch and time to complete homework, although freshmen feel more freedom than in their middle schools. Though changes to our schedule were no doubt necessary, it seems the Boulder High student population might have some different ideas about schedules that could be implemented in the years following this one.
