senior privileges?

ax3my · 05-03-2008, 11:06 AM

Our school is switching from the rotating schedule with 7 periods a day to the block schedule with 4 periods a day, and we're not having study halls anymore. We're losing the senior privilege of coming in late and leaving early whenever study hall is first or last period, so the junior class is trying to come up with some new privileges for next year.

What kind of senior privileges do you guys have at school?

Georgeanne · 05-03-2008, 11:08 AM

If you pass the state literacy exam, you get a "VIP card," which allows you to leave class five minutes early before lunch (a big thing, you know, with lines) and five minutes early before the final bell rings to let us out of final period (fourth - we're on block, too), which comes in handy for beating the traffic.

Seniors also usually get first pick in top lockers, et cetera.

HisGraceFillsMe · 05-03-2008, 11:18 AM

At my school, only seniors can park in the school parking lot (you have to have a special permit, and only seniors can get permits), and only seniors get lockers (unless you have a medical condition that requires one).

They're also much less strict with seniors when it comes to scheduling...ie most of us only have 4 or 5 classes, and one of my friends only has 3.

snipez90 · 05-03-2008, 11:52 AM

If you don't have a full schedule, the computer class scheduling system may give you a study hall during the first or last period, in which case you can come in at the beginning of second period or leave school before the beginning of the last period.

Tikimoof · 05-03-2008, 12:04 PM

We can compete for a spot in the senior parking lot, have fewer classes, and get exempt from finals second semester provided we have an 85 average and fewer than 3 excused absences.

atrophicwhisper · 05-03-2008, 12:21 PM

The only perks for us are that we can park in the senior parking lot close to school (the junior parking lot is pretty far away and on the other side of school). Seniors are also allowed to take half-days, but that's pretty standard as well.

Is your school an open or closed campus? If it's closed, then maybe seniors with a certain class average can leave? I've heard of that.

skp · 05-03-2008, 12:30 PM

If you pass the state tests, you get a free day off anytime during the school year, as well as free study halls.

somni · 05-03-2008, 12:54 PM

Quote:

At my school, only seniors can park in the school parking lot (you have to have a special permit, and only seniors can get permits), and only seniors get lockers (unless you have a medical condition that requires one).

That is similar to my school except we let teachers park in the school parking lot , too.

imaparasite · 05-03-2008, 01:06 PM

At my school seniors can get pretty much any class hour empty. Juniors and seniors can leave for lunch. And truancy rules are really relaxed for seniors.

whitelulu · 05-03-2008, 02:00 PM

At my school, seniors can skip class all they want and just run wild and free through out the halls.

There are no rules, and no consequences.

ha ha, just kidding. But wouldn't that be nice?

Seniors get to go out to lunch, but we only have 30 minutes, so It's not like one could go anywhere anyway.

Agneisse · 05-03-2008, 02:14 PM

Seniors get prime lockers, five minutes early release on Fridays, better parking lots, senior-only microwaves and a senior-only lunch line (but we have exactly four lunch lines anyway so I'm not sure why that's a benefit).

dank08 · 05-03-2008, 05:12 PM

Damn my school is gay. We're allowed to schedule our classes so we can leave early and come in late but other than that we don't really get anything.

mflevity · 05-03-2008, 05:17 PM

Parking in either of the two lots (neither of them is better, really; it just depends on the location of your classes), off-campus lunch, Senior Skip Day at the end of the year, and the school year ends for seniors like a week before it does for everyone else.

BoredPirate · 05-03-2008, 05:43 PM

Senior Parking Lot is a lot closer to the school, free prom tickets, and senior exemptions on final exams if grade requirements are met.

thelittlemermaid · 05-03-2008, 07:56 PM

Hmm....
-Seniors can leave as early as their last class lets out (it probably differs daily since we have a 6 day cycle)...they can't come in late, however.
-Seniors are not assigned to a study hall: they can go to the cafeteria or library (everyone else needs the two highest honors or a pass to get out of study)
-Seniors have first choice for parking spots (but juniors can get parking spots)
-Seniors have first choice for any elective that says "juniors/seniors"
-This one takes some explaining. Our school is separated into the cafeteria and the academic area, and in between is an entrance area called "the commons" (a lobby of sorts). Connecting the cafeteria and academic area is a "bridge" which freshman aren't allowed on-they must go down a set of stairs, through the commons, and up another set of stairs. During Spirit Week only the seniors can walk across the bridge. They tend to decorate it a lot too.