Andrew Parents and Families,
Our administration and teachers have recently been exploring ways that we can continue to improve our students' overall experience in our school. One area we have been investigating is how we can improve our school calendar to maximize our time with students. One option we are considering is extending the length of our school day to include fifteen minutes of additional instructional time each day by moving up our current school start day from 8:00 am to 7:45 am. Our dismissal time would not change. Adding fifteen minutes of time per day would allow us to reduce our number of student school days by up to four days.
Starting our instructional day earlier offers several benefits, including:
Allows us to continue ending our students’ school year prior to Memorial Day
Maximizes the time we have with students by utilizing it as more instructional time
Allows us to fit consistent core literacy and math classes in the morning for all grades
Eliminates the current time constraints middle & high school students face when the bus drops them off each morning with little time before classes begin
Our Andrew staff has had several meaningful discussions about starting our students' school day earlier. Additional pros and cons we have considered are listed in the table below.
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To submit your feedback and/or questions about our proposed school start time click this link to access a 2-5 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WHF2WKZ