Ohio has been put under quarantine, and in order to keep everyone safe, the citizens have to practice social distancing. Governor Mike DeWine shut down schools on March 12 and the students are now experiencing online school.

Badin students didn’t really know what to expect that first day of online school, but for the most part it has been somewhat of a smooth transition. With most of the assignments for regular schooling online anyway, it didn’t take much time for everyone to get used to the new normal.

“I love online schooling. I think it’s very beneficial to the students considering we are in an environment we are comfortable in and we don’t have to wake up super early. We can work at our own pace and get things done when it’s most convenient for us. As long as we aren’t getting bombarded with work, I think that it is a pretty good solution for a bad situation,” junior Maddie Ortt said.

While some students think that online school is a great solution, some believe the opposite.

“I don’t love the idea of online school, but there is not too much work so it's fine for me. My only problem is that I feel like I’m not really learning anything. I think that the teachers are doing a pretty amazing job considering the circumstances, but I feel like it’s just busy work. A standard classroom would help my learning progress further,” junior Jula Creech said.

Badin faculty is changing the way online school is being done because they want to make it seem more standard and give students their routine back. This change has been getting backlash by some of the students.

“I think that it is very unnecessary to have set times for classes. If everyone is turning in their work by the deadlines, then why change the system yet again? Students are already stressed with social distancing and have been doing online classes a certain way for weeks. I think that it would just confuse us more to change it at the last minute just to give us a regular schedule. It makes no sense to me,” freshman Sydney Cadman said.

The students are still working hard to get their work done and hopefully this new system does what it says it will do.

Stay safe!