After a seven-hour school day, some students are trying to balance an equal amount of homework time.

“I start it (homework) about 5 p.m., and really don’t finish until 12 a.m,” junior Camari McWhorter said.

The district in the second year of nine period blocks.

“I get homework from about four classes, almost five a day,” junior Duke Williams said.

Homework can also create conflicts with athletes.

“We have to practice from like 2 p.m. to like 3:55 p.m,” junior Briauna Meadows said. “Then, you have to rush home to do your work all in a school night.”

The district homework schedule, that assigned certain subjects to a particular weekday in order to ease multiple assignments each night, still exists.

“We should be given the same amount (of homework) as we get now, but it should be assign on different days,” McWhorter said.

Williams said the homework seemed to pile on more rapidly than the first six weeks.

“The (teachers) assigned more work faster this year than they did last year,” he said.

Dean of Instruction Patty Ayala said the homework schedule will be enforced.

“The homework policy serves as a guide to teachers of all subject areas and levels to help distribute major dues dates for projects and test,” she said.

Ayala said the policy’s purpose is to help students manage their time.

She said, “It (the homework schedule) is a great way for students to be proactive, plan out when they will need to set aside time to study and still have time for volleyball.”