Students returned from Winter break to a welcome schedule change.
For two years, while the Ford Food Court was used as a temporary dining hall, the school added a ten-minute passing period to accommodate the longer walk between the two lunch periods and pushed the start of afternoon classes to 2:10 p.m.
Now that the new Bissel Dining Commons is up and running, those extra ten minutes are no longer needed and have been removed. The academic day now concludes ten minutes earlier, giving students additional time before athletics. Asta Huang ’27 said, “I really love the new schedule. The change means my double ends at 3:30 p.m instead of 3:40 p.m, so I don’t have to rush before practice.” With the new Dining Hall closer to the heart of campus, it gives students not only improved access but more usable time.
