Club leaders feel rushed and say UPrep does not have enough time to properly conduct clubs.
“It’s a very tight time slot. Thirty minutes to provide boba for 30 kids,” seventh grader and leader of Boba Club Jeevi Anand said.
Currently, middle schoolers have 45 minutes of Community Time including 30 minutes of club time.
“We don’t offer the full 45 minutes because we need time for students to register for what club they are going to, and also we have some room conflicts we have to work around,” Assistant Director of Middle School Tim Blok said.
The problem for the Boba Club is that boba takes a good amount of time to make, leaving them with little time to do other activities.
“We usually get everything ready exactly at 30 minutes,” Anand said. “We really only have like 5 minutes when the boba is ready to give it to everyone.”
Another club with time issues is Scratch Club, as members need more time for their club to get anything done.
“If we had more club time, there would be more time to do what people do in Scratch Club like scratch. They would have more time to work on their projects, and they wouldn’t have the problem of only being able to do like three things,” eighth grader and leader of Scratch Club Ethan Francis said.
Nonetheless, even with many suggestions, the school’s restrictions still get in the way.
“We also have to make sure we have the right amount of class minutes to meet our state requirements,” Blok said.
Anand also has an idea that could help the Boba Club and other clubs to use club time more efficiently.
“Allowing club leaders to go earlier, like maybe, 10 or 5 minutes earlier,” Anand said.
Constantly students try to come up with ways to get a few more minutes and the administration likes when they do.
“We are also open to hearing ideas from students even if I have to say no,” Blok said.