It's the second day of school at Eleanor Roosevelt High School--and some students still haven't been to class.

"A child told me this morning that she had to stay in all day because she didn't have a schedule," said student Kiara Brooks. What did they do? "Made her sit in the auditorium all day," said Brooks.

Up to 100 students here have been spending their school days chatting, texting, reading in the auditorium. They haven't been able to get their class schedules.

"They had him go to the auditorium because he didn't have a schedule and he sat there and did nothing the whole day," said parent Kevin McCarthy.

Same for Diana Derby's daughter. "She's bored, she's ready to get going and to start her junior year.."

A new school year always brings last-minute enrollments, last-minute snafus; but this year Prince George's County schools also switched to a new computer system--called School Max. And glitches meant some students weren't recognized--their names kicked out.

Now they're feverishly inputting handwritten data, but they insist the new system is not the only problem.

"It's a myriad of issues. It could be anything. So it's really an individual case by case basis. I would not say that this is district wide," said P.G. Schools spokesman Tanzi West.

Whatever the reason, parents and students alike are hoping for a quick fix.

"It's a shame because the county's policy is let's get them all excited and ready for the school and that's not what is happening," said Derby.

Officials emphasize it's difficult to discern what's computer related and what's normal glitches in the start of a new school year. They hope to get everything resolved by the end of today.

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