Students at a Windsor-Essex public high school may have been seeing double, or triple, when they collected their new class schedules this week.
Class schedules for students at Essex District High School were distributed on Wednesday, but several students contacted the WindsorNewsToday.ca newsroom to say that their schedules didn't look right.
One student reported seeing a single class multiple times on his schedule, along with his girlfriend's, even suggesting that the schedules were created by artificial intelligence (AI).
Another student told WindsorNewsToday.ca that she saw classes on her schedule that she did not elect.
Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) spokesperson Madeline McEachern said that the board does not use AI to create student schedules.
She did suggest that there may have been a computer malfunction.
"If there were any unusual errors [Wednesday], it may be because schedules were released [Wednesday], which is considered the 'first day of school', as staff returned for professional development," said McEachern in an email to WindsorNewsToday.ca. "This overlap caused some errors to occur in our system."
McEachern added that the board is working to address the problem and most issues should be worked out by Thursday. Parents have also been told that schools would contact them to address any issues or conflicts in student schedules.
Classes begin for all students at Windsor-Essex's four publicly funded boards on Tuesday, September 8.
