Changes

At the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, Pensacola High underwent a long list of changes. A short listing is as follows":

- * School start time changed from 7:15 AM to 2:45 PM to 8:25 AM to 3:35 PM.- * The bus routes changed, as that was the reason for changing the start and end times.- * Food prices changed to $1.50 for breakfast and $2.50 for lunch.- * [[David Williams]] became the new principal. - * [[Thomas Rollins]] became the new Assistant Principal of Grounds and Maintanence.- * Teachers began teaching six periods a day with one planning period instead of five periods a day with two planning periods.- * Lunch was changed to 4th period instead of 5th period due to the change in school times.- * Alita Brooks, the Drama and IB Theatre teacher, began teaching an IB Theory of Knowledge class to cover for Mr. Butcher, who was diagnosed with cancer.- * Mrs. Benson, the IB English teacher, began teaching the remainder of Mr. Butcher's IB Theory of Knowledge classes.- * Guy Beard, the Peer Counseling teacher, began teaching AP Psychology in addition to Dr. Jerry Robbins, the established Latin and AP Psychology teacher.- * Mrs. Paedae began teaching AP Calculus AB. - * Xiuqing Wang Sue Li began teaching Algebra II Honors again, in addition to her IB Pre-Calculus and IB Math Studies classes. - * Blevins Rose replaced Kent Rettig as teacher of AP U.S. History. He also remained teaching at least one AP World History class.- * Lucia Harvilchuck and John C. Murray changed places, Harvilchuck teaching AP English Language and Composition and Murray teaching AP English Literature and Composition and at least one class of English I - Pre IB.- * Michael Jones, the AP European History and Student Government Association teacher began teaching AP World History in addition to his other classes.- * Roy Bullington began teaching three periods of AP European History instead of his usual one, his other three periods filled with his normal class, IB History of the Americas II.- * Students began going to their Alpha[betical] homerooms occasionally, on days specified in advance.- * Second period was extended by five minutes to make up for the lack of a normal homeroom.- * All language classes were moved to the gym Building 5, the gym.