This summer, a month before school began, all of the clocks in the PHS building stopped. The master control panel which controls all of the clocks lost function due to age.

Issues arose when students were doing time-constrained work like tests and quizzes, struggling with time management.

Facilities Director Tim Guthrie is working on getting the clocks back to normal as soon as possible to enable things to run smoothly for students and staff.

“The company that looked at [the master control panel] informed us that there are no parts available for it since it’s so old,” said Guthrie.

As a result, a completely new master control panel will have to be purchased and installed. The quote given for this was $3850 and an order was placed on August 29.

“Once they receive the new panel they will give me an install date. I’m hoping maybe they will get it done in the next week or two,” said Guthrie.

While students and staff await the new panel, the problem has been temporarily solved by placing individual analog clocks in each classroom that needs them.