It’s 7 pm. The hallways are filled with confused-looking parents trying to navigate their child’s schedule through the perplexing educational labyrinth that is Carlisle High School.

The sprinkling of students with their parents seem to help but the students who wear green shirts, Student Council members, are really the ones who are directing and lending a hand to the parents who are still lost.

”[We’re] helping parents get to where they need to go, answering questions, getting snacks for teachers who are stuck in their classrooms, all the good stuff,” said senior Student Council member Andrew Bowlus.

From the looks of it, there were many parents in need of their assistance and the student council was keeping busy throughout the night.

Back to School Night is a night for parents to learn about the classes their child is taking and how they can better contact teachers. It can also help the parent see the environment their child is learning in.

Was the Back to School Night important? Geo-environmental teacher, Bruce Rowland, thinks so.

“Yeah I think its really important,” said Rowland. “I think it gives us a chance to meet some folks and put some connections together between students.”

While some thought the night was important, many students did not attend.

“I’m not going because I don’t want to be in school more than I have to,” said senior Mackenzie Jameson, an opinion that seemed to be very popular with many students.

However, there were some who went and seemed to enjoy themselves.

Senior Victoria Waring said, “[I came] because my mom read the email and it said that students could come so I was like, ‘Heck yeah I’m coming to this.” Maybe it will benefit me but it’s definitely going to help my dad. So that’s cool.”

While students were allowed to come to this event, the Back to School Nightwas aimed more towards parents. Why did some parents come?

“I like to get to get information regarding my daughter’s education,” said Brittney Miller, mother of senior Alexis’ Eders.

For the parents who did not attend they can find information on the Carlisle High School District website or on teachers websites.