By Carol Phillips – News Editor

A new schedule is in the works for the upcoming school year.

A survey was recently put online to see what aspects of the current schedule should be fixed and what is currently effective.

“The schedule was designed two years ago to give us an opportunity to have longer, deeper learning periods, gain more class opportunities for students, and eliminate the old wrap-around classes that occurred with our straight seven schedule,” principal Mr. Thompson said.

The schedule was also originally changed to allow longer periods that could be used as labs for science courses.

The recent online survey that was posted allowed students, teachers, and families to give their input on how they think this schedule is going and what people liked and disliked about it.  Both Foran and Law teachers gathered to form a scheduling committee that will begin to discuss how to update the schedule for next year.

The goal for this new schedule is to continue to meet the needs of students, but keep the original goals the committee had when first designing a schedule like this.  It is said that it will take time to find the ideal schedule.

“If we continue to adjust for the betterment of the students, then hopefully we will find the right balance that meets the needs of the students and staff and addresses the demands of graduation requirements and greater instructional time,” Thompson said.

There are several options for what a new schedule could look like, including a schedule with more block periods. The current schedule has 88-minute block periods on E and F days only. No determination has been made yet for the length of each period next year.

“(There needs to be) all long classes or just the four day (A-D rotation),” junior Katie Sabo said.  “The combination is ridiculous.”

The survey will also help indicate which set up has been seen as more effective and that will be taken into consideration when deciding what the new schedule will be.

“I think (having all) block periods could be a little rough but at least those days we only have four classes,” senior Nelson Vazques said.

Many students are content with how the current schedule is set up, due to the flow of the periods and the ability students have to drop certain classes on certain letter days.

“I think the current schedule is effective because it gives teachers more time to teach or for labs and the students more time to do homework and practice managing their time,” senior Brittany Bajerski said.

Students also like the fact that they can take more classes with the current eight period schedule. Some are concerned, however, because the schedule has changed so much within the past couple of years.

“It almost feels that each year something changes and it can be hard to adapt and that causes confusion,” Bajerski said.

There is currently no set schedule for the upcoming school year, but everyone’s input will make it easier for the scheduling committee to design one that will last.