New administration policy causes less confusion

By David Copeland
Staff Writer

This year, the administration gave all Mira Costa students their schedules before the first day of school. This is probably the smartest decision made by the administration since the hiring of Ben Dale. The efficiency and intelligence that this new policy exudes, raises the question of ‘why haven’t we thought of this before?’ The only reasonable answer is the genius and commitment to common sense that our new administration has. It is possible that with the coming of our new principal, Ben Dale, our administration will start to make changes for the better, such as getting schedules at a reasonable time.

There are some definite advantages to getting schedules to the students before the first day of school, the biggest one being that you could change any mistakes in your schedule during the summer. If a student didn’t like their schedule, they had a few weeks before school started to change it until they were comfortable with it. This differs from the previous system in which the students had to make changes to their schedule during the school day.

Another advantage to getting schedules early is confirmation of getting into any classes that you were unsure about or on a waiting list for. It was baffling and inefficient having every single student that had a problem with their schedule to talk to their educational adviser (EA) during the first day of school. With this new system, less class is being missed due to fewer students talking to their EA, trying to change their schedules.

The new system evenly distributes the students making amendments to their schedules. Making the schedules earlier in the summer is a little inconvenient for the administration but saves them from much pain once September rolls around.

Another plus of getting schedules early is being able to find your classes before the first day of school. This is a great change compared to past years because, in past years, students were left wandering around campus looking, for example, for room 403. It can be very stressful not knowing where you are headed. It allows students to glance at a campus map to get a feel of what their class sequence is going to be like so that they can have a greater sense of preparation and comfort.

Also, you can compare schedules with your friends before school starts so you can determine who is going to be in all of your classes; this new change is much less stressful on the students. An additional point is if students already know who is going to be in their classes then there are less distractions for the first few days of school.

In closing, the administration has done a great job by kicking off this year right and getting the schedules out before the beginning of school. Hopefully, under the close guidance of Ben Dale, the administration’s wise choices will start to rein supreme for the rest of the year.