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SAISD presents 2025-26 bell schedule changes: elementary day extended 10 minutes, no change to start time
Summary
District staff outlined proposed bell-schedule changes intended to add instructional minutes and align grade-level minutes for 2025-26, including a 10-minute later elementary dismissal (3:15 p.m.), longer secondary periods and targeted intervention time; the item was informational and required no board action.
San Angelo Independent School District staff presented proposed bell-schedule adjustments for the 2025–26 school year aimed at adding instructional minutes and aligning time across grade levels.
District officials said the elementary school day would end 10 minutes later — moving from 3:05 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. — while start times would remain the same and middle- and high-school schedules would be adjusted mainly by lengthening individual periods so students gain time in class without changing start times. The board received the update as an information item; no vote was taken.
District presenter Doctor Gomez said the changes are intended to “align instructional minutes across grade levels to support equity and consistency in learning opportunities”…
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