By the time you are reading this, the newest bell schedule will have been put into action. Students are practically done complaining about the traumatic loss of early-out and getting comfortable with the newest edition that some may refer to as “not-so-early out.” While it is a pain to have a student’s perspective of the additional 8 minutes added to early out classes, the adjustment managed to save the school from owing a fine of upwards $900,000.
While the emotional pain students are suffering by remaining on campus for another hour every other Monday, this should bring us a little closer to the million dollar range. Potentially higher test scores are likely to balance out any need for therapy.
“One of the things the state doesn’t allow is test prep days because students aren’t going to come to school. It’s now going to be a regular school day on finals– getting out about 5-10 minutes earlier. Our testing time is at the beginning, followed by test prep,” said Tom Ressler, SJHHS principal.
These additional review blocks will easily be beneficial to a majority of the school’s population. Final scheduling prior to the adjustment released students earlier but left no time for teacher assistance. “It’s not ideal but it’s better than what we had,” said Ressler.
Reasoning aside, the next few months may appear strenuous to the average individual. However, the abundance of pros blatantly outweigh any impending cons regarding education. And at the end of the day, isn’t that the sole purpose of coming to school?
While the emotional pain students are suffering by remaining on campus for another hour every other Monday, this should bring us a little closer to the million dollar range. Potentially higher test scores are likely to balance out any need for therapy.
“One of the things the state doesn’t allow is test prep days because students aren’t going to come to school. It’s now going to be a regular school day on finals– getting out about 5-10 minutes earlier. Our testing time is at the beginning, followed by test prep,” said Tom Ressler, SJHHS principal.
These additional review blocks will easily be beneficial to a majority of the school’s population. Final scheduling prior to the adjustment released students earlier but left no time for teacher assistance. “It’s not ideal but it’s better than what we had,” said Ressler.
Reasoning aside, the next few months may appear strenuous to the average individual. However, the abundance of pros blatantly outweigh any impending cons regarding education. And at the end of the day, isn’t that the sole purpose of coming to school?
