The students are hoping for an early release and the teachers are trying to do their best to teach without the lights.

The power’s been out since morning and few people in the school know if and when it is coming back on.

Administrators and free teachers line the hallways to keep wandering students to a minimum and to maintain order. Everything is fine and everybody if waiting either for the lights to come back on, or to stay off allowing students to go home early.

“It is a testament to the students and teachers how smooth and calm it is and how well they are adapting to it,” said administrator Steve Sengstack.

Although it may be calm, some are annoyed with the whole situation altogether.

“I don’t like it because it disrupts the functioning of the school”, said government teacher,” Mary Richardson. Richardson went on to give a little history lesson, stating that “the world changed fundamentally when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb… it meant that we could come out of the dark and into the light” and that “anyone who was happy about the power outage was still in the dark.”

Many people (mostly students), were “still in the dark,” while others like senior Gina Lee were fairly impartial.

“I kind of like it because we might be able to go home early,” Lee said. “But at the same time, I don’t like it because I can’t do my work.” Lee, among others, was sitting down on a hallway floor, trying to find a spot with enough light to finish her work.

Some classes were pitch black while others had enough light to teach as normal, but there was a sense that most everyone was not taking the day as seriously because of the power outage.

Senior Jonathan Williams said he felt that “we should’ve just stayed home.”

By 10:00 a.m. the administrators will have made an announcement on whether or not students will be going home early, but until then, all that can be done is wait.