Two more days of summer

On May 22, a vote was taken that would change the rest of the school year. The School Board voted to change the last day of school from June 17th to Friday, June 13th because not all of the inclement weather days that were planned into the school year were used. The school year typically has three extra days included into the school year in case of weather-related school closings, and this year only one inclement weather day was used. The one time this year that school was cancelled because of weather was due to freezing rain that may have affected travel. Moving the last day of  school leaves more time for teachers to wrap up but has caused the final exams to be rescheduled.
Many of the underclassmen seem excited about the early release date. “Who would not like two more days of summer?” asked freshman, Margaret D’Amico. “Half of the school probably would not even show up for the last two days anyway. It’s nice they made it official.” 
According to the original school calendar, the last two days of school would have fallen on a Monday and Tuesday. The new schedule ends school on a Friday, which seems to make more sense to many of the students. However, even though some of the students plan to enjoy the two extra days of summer, not all of them appreciate the change.
The senior class has waited four years use their senior privileges. A traditional senior privileges is finishing the school year before the underclassmen, but because of the date change this might not happen.
    “Instead of getting off a week early, we only get off two days early,” said senior, Anna Marcois.
But other seniors, like Tom Barylski , do not think the new last day of school will affect anything.
     “It’ll only modify the finals for underclassmen by one day,” Barylski said. He added that some seniors, like Anna, are a little upset because they basically do not have a last day of school.
    Junior Annie Wieser does not think that the seniors should be upset about the loss of their privileges. “They’re still getting out earlier than us, and their finals are not getting moved,” she explained. She believes that the only things that will be affected by the new last day of school are the moving around of finals for the underclassmen, which seems to be the only concern.
    For the teachers, the Monday and Tuesday that were originally going to be the last two days of school are now teacher work days, when teachers can make plans for the nextschool year or complete training.

    Señorita Hunt, a Spanish teacher, thinks that the new last day of school will make the teachers feel more rushed. “I wish they had just left the last day of school scheduled as it was. It makes the teachers feel more rushed to finish the year,” she said.
But Señorita Hunt said that she was grateful to have the teacher workdays, even though she believes that the decision should have been made long before May 22, when it was announced.
    “It was too late of a decision, some families may already have plans for the summer,” she explained.
Even though some students resent having lost a few days, or privileges, they still all plan to enjoy their extra days of summer. For many, this includes sleeping in and hanging out with friends.  “I’ll probably go to the pool,” admitted Anna Marcois.