Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days

Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Post reports that thousands of high school students in Prince George's County missed a third day of classes Wednesday, and school officials said it could take more than a week to sort out the chaos caused by a computerized class-scheduling system as students were placed in gyms, auditoriums, cafeterias, libraries and classes they didn't want or need at high schools across the county and their parents' fury over the logistical nightmare rose. 'The school year comes up the same time every year,' said Carolyn Oliver, the mother of a 16-year-old senior who spent Wednesday in the senior lounge at Bowie High School. 'When I heard they didn't have schedules, I was like, "What have they been doing all summer?"' When school opened Monday, about 8,000 high school students had no class schedules and were sent to wait in holding spaces while administrators tried to sort things out." (More below.)

Comments

Re:Schedules are important.

[idlehanz]

You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat. - Pink Floyd

Sounds like all is well.

Re:Class scheduling is hard work, yo!

[Rob the Bold]

I have actually worked for a company that specialized in resource allocation for class scheduling. It's kind of fun, except for customer support.