By the time senior year rolls around, most students will want to work and save up money for college. Unfortunately, being in school for eight hours a day limits how many hours a student can actually work, but if you want to work more, while still receiving the credits needed to graduate, you can choose to participate in a senior shortened schedule. 

“I did it so I could have more time to work and also focus less time on schoolwork,” senior Zander Barkemeyer said.

Seniors have a choice to decide whether or not they want to participate in a shortened schedule. They also have the option to choose what classes they would like to stay in and what classes to drop. 

“A nice benefit is that you have less stress because you don’t have as many classes,” Barkemeyer said. “You get way more free time.” 

By the second semester when the shortened schedule takes effect, you could have as few as two classes every other day, giving more time to work or however, you plan to spend your new free time. 

“In my free time, I mainly work, catch up on sleep, and do any schoolwork that might need to be done,” Barkemeyer said

The one thing to look out for when your time comes is a condition called senioritis. This condition has a widely known feeling of losing all motivation for everything like schoolwork, activities, or even sports.

“The only downside is you lose motivation to do schoolwork, with the little classes you have,” Barkemeyer said. “You feel you’re so close to being done but yet you still have a long way to go.”