The new bell schedule revolves around a recently updated lunch schedule, bringing back a fifth lunch in an effort to prevent overcrowding in the cafeteria and to help speed up lunch lines

Some students don’t have a problem with the new schedule and believe it genuinely benefited the students including junior Marrissa Gainey. 

“I personally think lunch at atleast is still crowded, it didn’t affect me directly because I’m still with my buddies and I think it’s pretty chill,” said Gainey. 

While Gainey appreciates the county-wide decision to change lunches and address overcrowding, many students say that they can’t stand the new lunches and want to change it back.

”I felt like lunch got shorter and not for the good of it,” said senior Jose Cabrera. “It kind of affected my chance to socialize at lunch but not too horrible. I still think the cafeteria is crowded, and I don’t think it would hurt to go back to the old lunch.

Cabrera is not alone in his frustration, multiple students feel the same way and believe that this new lunch schedule did no change to help overcrowded lunches. 

“I feel like lunch got shorter, and there is still not enough time for people who eat lunch from school to sit down and eat without rushing,” said freshman Jacob Rumsey. “My socialization was changed for the worse during lunch, I was separated from a good bit of my friends, not all though. I feel like the cafeteria is still crowded and that they should just go back to the old schedule.”

There are many pros and cons to this new lunch schedule. Including less crowded areas for some of the lunches and faster lines through the lunch line would be considered pros by students. Although, taking away some students’ social time during their lunch is something students would consider a con. 

Many students want it changed back and have even provided ideas for solutions. Perhaps, a possible solution would be to add more time to the original lunch schedule so students can get through the line faster and still have enough time to eat during their original lunch. 

“I think it had an equal reaction; there were both positive and negative effects of the change,” said freshman Trinity Johnson.