Some seniors stay home from Six Flags

While some seniors are enjoying a day at Six Flags, others are making up school hours.

Courtesy of Liz Schasel

While some seniors are enjoying a day at Six Flags, others are making up school hours.

Lauren Payne, Staff Reporter

The last week of school is normally a breeze for seniors, with students only having to show up for certain activities.

“You don’t have to do anything [the last week],” senior Mark Scott said. “Just show up, go to Six Flags, and not take exams.”

However, some seniors are required to be at school due to incomplete hours, failing grades, or missed exams. These factors also affect whether or not seniors can be exempt from their exams.

“I would think that that’s a big thing and it’s in the spring of their senior year. Who wouldn’t want to come to school so they don’t have to take finals,” school registrar Debbie Barnes said. “[Seniors] have to have a certain average, and be here a certain amount of time, but who wouldn’t what to do that? I was at another school, and they did that also, and my kids, they worked towards that. They didn’t want to miss school, so they didn’t have to take their final.”

Not thinking about what they might have to make up later, some seniors that have to stay are rethinking decisions.

“Yeah, I regret it,” senior Rachel Segal said. “Because, now I have to make it up at the last minute, and thats a pain.”