Whenever a teacher cannot make it to school, students usually report to their teacher’s regular classroom and do assigned work with a substitute in the classroom. However, there is now a new set up revolving around absent teachers known as Sub Hall.
Sub Hall is in the cafeteria. This means when a teacher is absent from school, a paper is hung on their classroom door telling students which periods they are absent for, and to report to the cafeteria for Sub Hall.
In the Sub Hall, the tables are labeled with the teachers’ names so students from those classes can sit at their assigned spots. Then, students are given time to work on the assignments posted by their teachers on Google Classroom.
Mr. Clayton, who alternates covering the Sub Hall along with Mrs. Buchert, said, “I think it’s working well, it can be a little challenging to be in charge of so many classes at once, but I think it’s a good project and should have a long life.”
When asked if he believes that the Sub Hall makes it easier for him or other advisors to watch over all of the students with absent teachers, Mr. Clayton answered, “I think a normal classroom one-on-one approach is easier because one can have more control over the students, but it’s not been difficult dealing with more than one class.”
To get some input from a student here at Emerson, we asked Jarah Mazzola for her opinion on the Sub Hall. She stated, “Personally, I think it’s a nice idea, but I think it could be executed better if the classes weren’t on top of each other, and we were more spread out, but other than that I think it’s fine.”
Sub Hall is a very new protocol here in Emerson High School, which makes it hard to say how we all feel about this update in procedure. However, we know we’re in good hands in this school, and can rely on the administration for more updates to make situations easier in the future.
As the Sub Hall continues, so does our learning!
