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Greendale Middle School principal proposes new bell schedule to cut transitions and add tiered supports
Summary
Principal Ray Curry presented a redesign of Greendale Middle School's bell schedule that would reduce daily transitions, create longer core periods with built-in tiered supports and "studio time" for music and interventions, and proposes a 7:50 a.m. start time to give students more instructional support.
Ray Curry, principal of Greendale Middle School, presented a proposed bell schedule redesign intended to reduce hallway transitions, expand built-in academic supports and preserve students' access to music and language classes. He told attendees the plan aims to "reclaim instructional integrity and provide a school day that actually supports the whole child."
Curry said the current schedule creates a "zero-sum game" in which "right now kids are being forced to choose between essential services," including core instruction in math and English language arts and music lessons or interventions. He linked the pace and fragmentation of the day to rising youth anxiety measures cited from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
Under the proposal, math and ELA would be structured…
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