diff --git a/src/app/admin/schedule/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/schedule/page.tsx
index 081cf3d..4989b89 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/schedule/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/schedule/page.tsx
@@ -95,10 +95,8 @@ function timeToMinutes(timeStr: string): number {
   return t.h * 60 + t.m;
 }
 
-const GRID_TOP_PAD = 8; // px — space so the first time label isn't clipped
-
 function minutesToY(minutes: number): number {
-  return ((minutes - HOUR_START * 60) / 60) * HOUR_HEIGHT + GRID_TOP_PAD;
+  return ((minutes - HOUR_START * 60) / 60) * HOUR_HEIGHT;
 }
 
 function yToMinutes(y: number): number {
@@ -912,7 +910,7 @@ function CalendarGrid({
           <div className="min-w-[600px]">
             {/* Day headers */}
             <div className="flex border-b border-white/10 bg-neutral-800/50">
-              <div className="w-14 shrink-0" />
+              <div className="w-14 shrink-0 bg-neutral-900" />
               {sortedDays.map((day, di) => (
                 <div
                   key={day.day}
@@ -929,12 +927,12 @@ function CalendarGrid({
             {/* Time grid */}
             <div className="flex">
               {/* Time labels */}
-              <div className="w-14 shrink-0 relative" style={{ height: `${TOTAL_HOURS * HOUR_HEIGHT + GRID_TOP_PAD}px` }}>
-                {hours.slice(0, -1).map((h) => (
+              <div className="w-14 shrink-0 relative" style={{ height: `${TOTAL_HOURS * HOUR_HEIGHT}px` }}>
+                {hours.slice(0, -1).map((h, i) => (
                   <div
                     key={h}
-                    className="absolute left-0 right-0 text-right pr-2 text-xs text-neutral-500"
-                    style={{ top: `${(h - HOUR_START) * HOUR_HEIGHT + GRID_TOP_PAD - 6}px` }}
+                    className={`absolute left-0 right-0 text-right pr-2 text-xs text-neutral-500${i > 0 ? " -translate-y-1/2" : ""}`}
+                    style={{ top: `${(h - HOUR_START) * HOUR_HEIGHT}px` }}
                   >
                     {String(h).padStart(2, "0")}:00
                   </div>
@@ -953,7 +951,7 @@ function CalendarGrid({
                     key={day.day}
                     ref={(el) => { columnRefs.current[di] = el; }}
                     className={`flex-1 border-l border-white/10 relative ${drag ? "cursor-grabbing" : "cursor-pointer"}`}
-                    style={{ height: `${TOTAL_HOURS * HOUR_HEIGHT + GRID_TOP_PAD}px` }}
+                    style={{ height: `${TOTAL_HOURS * HOUR_HEIGHT}px` }}
                     onMouseMove={(e) => {
                       if (drag) return;
                       // Ignore if hovering over a class block
@@ -980,7 +978,7 @@ function CalendarGrid({
                       <div
                         key={h}
                         className="absolute left-0 right-0 border-t border-white/5"
-                        style={{ top: `${(h - HOUR_START) * HOUR_HEIGHT + GRID_TOP_PAD}px` }}
+                        style={{ top: `${(h - HOUR_START) * HOUR_HEIGHT}px` }}
                       />
                     ))}
                     {/* Half-hour lines */}
@@ -988,7 +986,7 @@ function CalendarGrid({
                       <div
                         key={`${h}-30`}
                         className="absolute left-0 right-0 border-t border-white/[0.02]"
-                        style={{ top: `${(h - HOUR_START) * HOUR_HEIGHT + HOUR_HEIGHT / 2 + GRID_TOP_PAD}px` }}
+                        style={{ top: `${(h - HOUR_START) * HOUR_HEIGHT + HOUR_HEIGHT / 2}px` }}
                       />
                     ))}