The Freshman Academy is located on third story in the main building of campus. Prior to this year, it was located outside of the main building in “Learning Cottages”. “Being in the trailers wasn’t fun and the freshman this year get to have a different experience than I did my freshman year,” sophomore Marcel Morgan said. Photo by Caedmon Churchwell.
By CAEDMON CHURCHWELL – Staff Writer
As the first semester of the 2016-17 school year ends, teachers and students reflect on the relocation of the Freshman Academy.
Freshman Academy teachers reflect on their time spent in the newly renovated north side of the Clarke Central High School campus as renovations finish and the first semester ends. Science department teacher Maurice Bouchard has mixed feelings about the move.
“The transition so far has been so far smooth. There are some other difficulties that have kind of arrived because of the way classes are laid out now. When we were in the Learning Village it was just one long hallway and most of our troubles came from everyone being compact in one space,” Bouchard said.
Bouchard also believes that the freshman class has lost its isolation from the rest of the school.
“It has definitely been disruptive especially since we have teachers that teach upperclassmen and that’s kind of unavoidable it seems at this point. You know the culture is different between the Freshman Academy and the rest of the school,” Bouchard said.
CCHS Principal Marie Yuran has noticed some problems as well.
“I think the con for them is you know they (the freshman) are not as isolated and there are upperclassmen that need to transition through there sometimes and those kinds of things,” Yuran said.
The Freshman Academy teachers are still adjusting to the new building, and are hoping things will ease up next semester.
“This year we have issues like students being in the stairwells, students you know hiding in those bathrooms. Right outside the door here it’s a larger area and students seem to congregate, so you’ll probably see me outside there between classes bellowing and telling kids to move on and keep walking,” Bouchard said.
