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High school presents revised daily schedule to board; plan would redistribute study hall time and keep senior privilege with conditions
Summary
High school administrators proposed a new nine-period scheduling model intended to spread study-hall time across the day, improve access to electives and create on-site math and writing clinics. The proposal keeps senior privilege but suggests eligibility and monitoring, with further work requested on athletics, traffic and counseling impacts.
The Abington Heights High School administration presented a proposed schedule change that would redistribute a single end-of-day study hall across the school day, create dedicated math and writing clinic time, and convert homeroom into a second-period managerial block. The proposal would keep a senior privilege (late arrival or early release) option for qualifying seniors but encourage academic expectations and safeguards.
Dr. Tione, leading the presentation, described a committee of teachers and staff that met regularly and reviewed survey and scheduling data. Administrators said the current ninth period is a 37-minute study hall that many students use to leave campus or disengage; moving study-hall minutes into other periods would lengthen all class blocks to be…
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