HKIS has implemented a new schedule for virtual school. We are not a big fan of that. 

The NEW Schedule includes:

- 15 minutes of transition time

- Shorter lunch 

- PCGs in the middle of the day

- Wellbeing Wednesday

- Socialization Time

- Core Office Hours

Firstly, we do not think 15 minutes of transition time is necessary, as it barely even takes 5 minutes to go to another zoom call. Sometimes, we are late for the classes after the transition time because 15 minutes seem like a break. This lets us lose track of time. Rather, we should have 5 minutes of transition time and the 10 minutes should be added to lunchtime.

In addition, we believe we should have a longer lunch. For people who eat outside, restaurants open at 11:30 or 12. This forces us to either eat inside or force ourselves to eat faster. The older schedule was better because the lunch ended at 1. Not only that, but lots of people use lunchtime as a time to work on homework and assignments. Because of a short lunch, this doesn't let us work on our assignments. Also, for people who are used to eating lunch at 12, they might be troubled by this short lunch because this will cause them to eat during their first core.

Finally, we believe PCG in the middle of the day isn't that great. PCG helps us wake up for our first elective. Since PCG is in the middle, we are very tired and sleepy during our electives. Also, PCG in the middle of the day makes us forget that there is PCG since we are so used to morning PCGs.

There are additions to this new schedule that we really like, such as Wellbeing Wednesday, Socialization Time, and Core Office Hours, which I believe can be implemented to the old schedule. We could have Wellbeing Wednesday every other Wednesday (just like now), and we can have Core Office Hours at the end of the school, around 3-4 or so because Core Office Hours is homework help. Homework Help was held after 3, so why not Core Office Hours? Socialization Time should also be held after school, just like clubs would on a normal school day.

In conclusion, this is why we should bring back the old schedule as well as add some bits of the new schedule because it has shorter transition times, a longer lunch, and morning PCGs.