Life has been different here at EHS, ever since the construction of course. The date was September 6, 2016. Due to the renovation of the school, the students had to learn in conditions you could compare to a rain forest. During collab time that day, a group of students called a “student only” meeting in the commons (code name IKEA). At the meeting, one student, Tom Zeph, asked for students help in running the school. He went on and on, asking us what we want our legacy to be. At the end of the meeting, the students were united, and ready to take matters into their own hands..

The students met twice a week for about a month in the commons. They were separated into groups that had different duties each day. The first group, the student council, were to create schedules and keep track of attendance. The second group, made up of Model UN members, were to create course curriculums. The third group, all the members of 212, publications, and leaders of the language clubs, had to teach the classes. The DECAfe officers had their normal duties of the DECAfe, with the addition of managing the cafeteria.

You would think that with no staff, the students wouldn’t show up, complete their homework, and would cheat on their tests, and that’s exactly what happened. Most students got A’s because they graded their own tests and assignments and there was no rubric to grade off of. 212 changed collab to all day Monday and Friday, so most students never showed up. The few that did would race chairs through the commons, or pull all the showers in the science room. One student claims to have seen a group of Sophomores making a giant fort in the library. With their lunch options of granola bars and diet ginger ale, almost all of the students brought their lunch from home. The lunches they brought were quite large because they couldn’t rely on the DECAfe for snacks, as the sign out front read “candy sold 30 minutes after school ONLY.”

Now I know what you’re thinking, what happened to the staff? Turns out, their circus was quite successful. But c’mon, with all that talent how could they fail? EHS’s students fended for themselves just fine, and with an average GPA of 3.9 they could get into almost any college. Although, because they ran their own high school so well, a small group of graduates decided to start their own college. This started another large construction project in Edina, but most citizens and students didn’t complain, because they were used to it.