In recent months at Southside High School many students have been ill-informed on several topics around the school.
Many students blame the faculty, many members of the faculty believe it is the fault of students.
Southside Principal Arline Ely suggests the problem is apathy among students. Students at Southside recently reacted to a proposed change in class schedules with petitions and threats of walkouts. Ely points out that surveys were sent to students and their parents, asking their opinions on the schedules. Although the students had no direct effect on the scheduling, the surveys were looked over very closely by Southside's building planning team. But when the students were sent the surveys, they did not realize that the scheduling, and in many ways the chances of many students graduating on time, were in jeopardy.