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Lunch schedules lead to controversy

Senior AP students Noelle Picard, Jacob Francisco, and Victoria Frenier pose outside of the cafeteria during second lunch. The lunch splits their AP English class.
Senior AP students Noelle Picard, Jacob Francisco, and Victoria Frenier pose outside of the cafeteria during second lunch. The lunch splits their AP English class.

If AP scores are lower this year, some teachers say it might be because of the lunch schedule.

A select few fifth-period AP classes were assigned to take second lunch. Second lunch splits the fifth period into two parts that are 26 minutes long.

According to Vice Principal Nancy Kurty, there is no lunch preference given to AP classes.

“Obviously, it can be less optimal to have second lunch which interrupts any class, not just AP classes,” she said. “To make this fair to all teachers, we rotate this schedule each year.”

However, the main issue is not that the AP classes have been assigned second lunch, the problem, according to teachers, is that no accommodations have been made for mandatory timed testing. A typical AP essay takes 40 minutes with no interruptions.

According to a few staff members, fifth period AP classes have traditionally been assigned first or third lunch as to not interfere with regular timed testing given to the AP students in order to practice for the testing in spring.

“I want to create a genuine test-like situation, this is tough to do when you have 20 minute breaks,” said one teacher who wishes to remain anonymous.

Without time to practice for the test, AP teachers and students fear they won’t be sufficiently prepared for the exams in May.

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Zoe is a well-rounded individual who can often be found lost in a good book or out and about with friends. Between juggling three AP classes and extracurricular activities she finds time to settle down and dedicate herself to a night of writing. Non reflective of her introverted personality, Zoe loves making time for her best friends to spend the night watching Mean Girls for the hundredth time or challenging themselves to a charity race. She finds her inspiration for writing from classic mystery novels along with the world around her. Zoe considers herself a creative person balancing music and painting alongside her writing. She hopes to pursue a career in literature as either a screen writer or journalist and is looking forward to start writing for the Cub. Not always the social butterfly it may take awhile to get to know her but once you do, you’ll be glad you did.

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