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Jordan High School principal proposes new bell schedule with weekly "pride time" for interventions
Summary
Principal Dizner proposed a revised high‑school bell schedule that keeps the 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. day but moves advisory into longer graded periods and adds a weekly intervention block called "pride time."
Jordan High School Principal Dizner presented a proposed change to the high school bell schedule that would shift instructional minutes, consolidate lunches and add a weekly intervention period the principal called “pride time.” The board discussed the plan during the July meeting; no final action was taken.
Under the proposal, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday would use a regular day of 50‑minute classes. On Wednesdays, students would follow a modified schedule that includes a longer block intended for interventions, extra help and student group meetings. The proposal would move the current short advisory period into a longer, graded class period with the final 10 minutes used for a “second‑chance breakfast” and time for students to decompress or check in with teachers.
Dizner said the district’s advisory program has had limited success because students treat ungraded time as optional; the new model aims to increase accountability and give students scheduled time for make‑up work, tutoring and club meetings. “We believe that adjustment allocation of time to 1 larger period of time weekly would be more effective,” Dizner said, explaining the change is designed to provide focused tutorial and meeting time without lengthening the school day.
Key operational changes described by Dizner include increasing passing time from four to five minutes to account for a larger student body, reducing the number of lunch periods from three to two (lengthening lunch by about five minutes), and keeping the school day start and end times the same (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Dizner told the board the district expects an instructional time gain of roughly 15 minutes per week and said the change would have no new staffing cost: “There’s no financial impacts. It’s not going to be any more staffing. It’s not going to be any more work as far as costs for the district,” he said.
Dizner said the schedule was developed over about eight months with committee review, several faculty council meetings and student input. He proposed implementing the new schedule October 1 so students could first settle into daily routines, noting the first weeks of the school year include orientation and homecoming commitments.
Board members asked for clarification on instructional minute gains (Dizner said about 15 minutes per week) and on logistics for bused and non‑driving students on pride days. Dizner and staff said there would be supervised spaces (commons, media center, gym) managed by existing staff and National Honor Society tutors on Wednesdays for students who need to be on campus but do not have scheduled meetings.
The proposal will return for additional review; the board asked staff to continue communications with students and families and to provide implementation details before a formal vote.
