In a move that shook up the daily schedule, homeroom was turned on its head.

What used to be a quiet, end-of-the-day class has now transformed into a mid-day, busy period called “Pr1metime” with daily assignments to teach students about life.

“Pr1metime is a class for which students earn credit, and it provides time to complete programs, activities and initiatives,” assistant principal Justin McCubbin said.

Pr1metime runs through Xello and CharacterStrong. Xello is designed to help students plan for future careers. CharacterStrong’s website said it helps “build social and emotional skills.”

“I just hope that the students take the lessons out of Pr1metime seriously and make the most of it,” social studies teacher Robert Ash said. “I know that there’s a lot of good information on Xello, and if the students will just take advantage of it, I think they would gain a lot.”

Others are concerned with the change in time from 5th block to 4th block.

“I preferred last year’s homeroom because I just feel like it throws me off having Pr1metime in the middle of the day,” senior Nick Haukom said.

Opinions on the shift vary between students and staff.

“The last several years it’s been at the end of the day, and a lot of students weren’t very focused or even checked out to go home because they didn’t see the value in homeroom,” Ash said. “I think moving it back to the middle of the schedule helps eliminate some of that.”

The schedule change didn’t cut out skipping completely.

“Students are going to leave anyway. We’re old enough at this point to understand what we’re doing,” Haukom said.

Some teachers have changed their plans due to the schedule.

“A lot of teachers that did homeroom don’t do it anymore because the change from fifth period to fourth period messed up their plans, so I got switched from my homeroom and also it seems like we’re doing much more work in class than we used to,” Haukom said.

Travel days decreased from three to two.

“I think two days a week is probably a sufficient amount of time to go and see teachers, finish up work and go to get additional support,” McCubbin said.