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At Avonworth High School, the Day One & Day Two schedule that began in 2016-2017 is being removed. It is being removed and replaced with a similar schedule from decades of schooling: 40-minute periods every class every day, with the exception of 80-minute AP Sciences (AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics).
Students had varying opinions on the change, giving mixed reviews. Many tended to approve of the change, and a few felt neutral or disapproved.
Among those who approved of the change, some common issues students had with the Day One & Day Two schedule were that students were missing too much of one class, and 80-minute classes were too long.
Ayushi Saxena, a sophomore, shared that “The Day One & Day Two schedule doesn’t work half the time. In Miss David’s class, I noticed that there was always a pep rally, some odd assembly, or something else came up, and it didn’t work. Most of the time, classes are missed for no reason, and it’s very imbalanced.”
Sophomore Karthik Pillai enjoys the new change, saying that “I think it’s for the better because whenever you go on a field trip, and you miss a day, you miss double the amount of class when you are only gone for one day. It creates a really weird imbalance where you have to make up more for one class, and it messes things up.” He believes that with 40-minute classes, “It’ll be a lot easier to make up stuff, and I hate having the same class for 80 minutes. It just gets too repetitive, too boring.”
Isla Hawes, another sophomore, shared, “I can never focus for more than an hour at a time in a class, so like the last 20 to 40 minutes, I’m just staring at the wall. I can’t concentrate for that long on a singular subject or assignment.“
However, one student, junior Elena Van Mater, maintained a neutral stance: “I feel neutral about it. I like being able to switch it up sometimes. I don’t really care about it.” Some students like Elena remain mostly unaffected by the change, so they have no strong opinions about it.
Other students had mixed feelings about the change, seeing both positive and negative aspects.
A sophomore student, Maura Dolan, likes the Day One and Day Two schedule “because it splits up the heavier classes, giving [her] more time to work on homework.” It makes the classes more manageable, but she is also happy that double mods are going away.
Several other sophomores also liked having Day One and Day Two, such as Tria Witul. She likes being able to “use one day to catch up on Chemistry and then the next day to catch up on English.”
Julia Aiken, a sophomore, said that she is “happy that Day One and Day Two are going away, but [she] is sad that [she is] losing extra time on assignments.” She does see the positive aspects of the change, as it holds her more accountable for doing her work on time.
Another student who sees both sides is sophomore Rory Dinkfelt. She does not really like the change because she will have to have every class every day, but, conveniently, she does not have to remember what day it is.
Junior Isabelle Pecosh shared that she “[likes] having variety and the chance to talk to different people” on Day Ones and Day Twos.
The removal of Day 1 & Day 2 appears to be a positive change for the students of Avonworth High School, despite having a few drawbacks. Students appreciate that only AP Sciences will be 80-minute classes, as it is difficult to concentrate and complete work for 80-minute classes. Some students remain neutral, and others can see both negatives and positives of the changes. Students lose some extra time to work on assignments, but with the introduction of 40-minute mods, teachers will hopefully assign less work. Overall, the removal of Day One and Day Two seems to face little resistance, and many students actually favor the change.
