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Students ask Worcester School Committee to restore middle-school recess; item referred to subcommittee
Summary
A student civics group urged the committee to add a short daily recess to middle-school schedules for physical, social and mental-health benefits; the committee referred the petition to the Teaching & Learning and Student Success Subcommittee.
A group of Worcester middle-school students told the School Committee they had researched evidence that short, structured daily recess benefits students— focus, mental health and social development and asked the committee to consider adding a 15-to-20-minute recess period for middle schools.
Student presenters said minor adjustments to class lengths (two to three minutes per period) could create time for recess…
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