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Recommendations for New High S chool S chedule Presented to the TBOE by: Jim Morrison & Lynn Trager S eptember 27, 2016 Committee Members 2 Lynn Trager, Administrator Adam Rendell, Teacher Jillian Emery Barbara Laudicina,

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Recommendations for New High S chool S chedule

Presented to the TBOE by: Jim Morrison & Lynn Trager S eptember 27, 2016

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Committee Members

  • Lynn Trager, Administrator
  • Barbara Laudicina, Administrator
  • S

uzanne Bassett, Administrator

  • Daniel Kilday, Administrator
  • Jim Morrison, Administrator
  • Miriam d'Adolf, Administrator
  • John Fabbo, Administrator
  • Cristina Cutrone, Teacher
  • Jeffrey Koehler, Teacher
  • Jamie DeMartino, Teacher
  • Adam Rendell, Teacher
  • Katherine Fritz, Teacher
  • April Uram, Parent
  • Jasmine Elson, Parent
  • Lynn Christensen, Parent
  • David S

chussel, Parent

  • Helene Berenbaum, Parent
  • Marie-Pierre S

t-Onge, Parent

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  • phia Barbanel, S

tudent

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eung Y

  • o, S

tudent

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  • Jillian Emery
  • Jim Laux, Teacher
  • Dana Maloney, Teacher
  • Jim Millar, Teacher
  • Jean O’ Neill, Teacher
  • Rosanne Rabinowitz, Teacher
  • Mark S

ernatinger, Teacher

  • Brian Cory, Administrator
  • Jayne Bembridge, Administrator
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Purpose of the Committee

  • Consider the research on the sleeping patterns of adolescents

and the effect those patterns have on achievement

  • Explore the possibility of a later start time for the high school
  • Create expanded learning possibilities in order to optimize
  • pportunities for deep and engaged student learning

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Process Used by the Committee and S ub-Committee

  • Consideration of research and data
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urveyed high school students, parents, teachers and coaches

  • Met several times over a year and a half
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ight visit to neighboring schools

  • Presented findings to the HS

staff and hosted after-school Q&A session

  • Hosted guest speaker from Glen Rock High S

chool

  • Agreed upon a recommendation to the Board and the community
  • Discussed the effects of the committee recommendations on traffic

with the Chief of Police

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Our Findings

  • Adolescents have different sleep patterns
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tudent achievement increases when school begins later

  • Emotional health of adolescents improves when school

begins later

  • Attendance improves
  • Best time to begin high school is 8:30 a.m. or later,

ideally 9:00 a.m.

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Our Findings (cont’ d) 6

  • Longer (58 minutes) periods can provide more opport unit ies for engaged & act ive learning
  • More t ime for qualit y assignment s and assessment s
  • Fewer classes meet per day (6 of 8)
  • Fewer passing t imes creat es less disrupt ion and a reduct ion in non-inst ruct ional t ime
  • Day is less frenet ic for st udent s and st aff
  • Rotation of classes creates variety
  • More closely mimics college and “ real world” st ruct ures
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S ite Visits

S chools we visited with successful non-traditional schedules: 1st Round Northern Valley Regional High School - Demarest Northern Highlands High School Pascack Hills High School Ridgewood High School 2nd Round Glen Rock High School

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S ite Visits

  • Met with administrators
  • Met with teachers and guidance counselors
  • Met with students
  • Toured buildings
  • Observed classes

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During site visits, we:

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S ight Visits – Findings

  • No school we visited would return to a traditional

schedule

  • S

tudents comment favorably

  • Teachers discussed many benefits
  • Administrators are enthusiastic about the positive

benefits for students and for staff

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Advantages of Unit Lunch

  • Lunch occurs at a consistent time when classes are not in session
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tudents have more access to guidance programs

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tudents can use time to get extra help

  • Athletes can be more involved in clubs/ activities
  • Peer Leader meetings can happen during lunch
  • Opportunities for informal collaboration time for staff
  • Provides less stress and greater likelihood students can eat with

their friends

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Current bell schedule

PERIOD START END

1 7:55 8:40 2 8:40 9:27 HR 9:27 9:35 3 9:35 10:22 4 10:22 11:09 5 11:09 11:56 6 11:56 12:43 7 12:43 1:30 8 1:30 2:17 9 2:17 3:04

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Our Proposed Schedule

  • 5-day cycle
  • To be put into effect 2017-2018 school year
  • 4 rotating-drop* days (A, B, C, D)
  • 1 full schedule day (E)
  • Every third cycle no lab pull-outs

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Days A,B,C and D classes meet for 58 minutes with 49 minute lunch

BELLS A,B,C,D A B C D Bells (E) E

8:10 - 9:08 1 2 3 4 8:30 – 9:10 1 9:12-10:14 2 3 4 1 9:14 – 9:58 2 10:18-11:16 3 4 1 2 10:02– 10:42 3 11:16-12:05 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 10:46-11:26 4 12:09-1:07 5 6 7 8 11:26-12:15 Lunch 1:11 - 2:09 6 7 8 5 12:19-12:59 5 2:13 - 3:11 7 8 5 6 1:04 - 1:42 6 E Day will start 20 minutes later than rotating days, 30 minutes later than we have now. 1:47-2:27 7 2:31-3:11 8

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Day E classes meet for 40 minutes, and can include variations that allow for assemblies, homerooms and planned half-days

BELLS A,B,C,D A B C D Bells (E) E

8:10 - 9:08 1 2 3 4 8:30 – 9:10 1 9:12-10:14 2 3 4 1 9:14 – 9:58 2 10:18-11:16 3 4 1 2 10:02– 10:42 3 11:16-12:05 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 10:46-11:26 4 12:09- 1:07 5 6 7 8 11:26-12:15 Lunch 1:11 - 2:09 6 7 8 5 12:19-12:59 5 2:13 - 3:11 7 8 5 6 1:04 - 1:42 6 E Day will start 20 minutes later than rotating days, 30 minutes later than we have now. 1:47 - 2:27 7 2:31 - 3:11 8

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4 minutes have been added to all “ second block” classes for announcements, TV News, the pledge .

BELLS A,B,C,D A B C D Bells (E) E

8:10 - 9:08 1 2 3 4 8:30 – 9:10 1 9:12 -10:14 2 3 4 1 9:14 – 9:58 2 10:18-11:16 3 4 1 2 10:02– 10:42 3 11:16-12:05 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 10:46-11:26 4 12:09- 1:07 5 6 7 8 11:26-12:15 Lunch 1:11- 2:09 6 7 8 5 12:19-12:59 5 2:13- 3:11 7 8 5 6 1:04 - 1:42 6 E Day will start 20 minutes later than rotating days, 30 minutes later than we have now. 1:47 - 2:27 7 2:31 - 3:11 8

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Currently students start lunch as early as 10:16 and as late as 12:43. This schedule has all students eating lunch at the same time, starting lunch at approximately 11:15 every day

BELLS A,B,C,D A B C D Bells (E) E

8:10-9:08 1 2 3 4 8:30 – 9:10 1 9:12-10:14 2 3 4 1 9:14 – 9:58 2 10:18-11:16 3 4 1 2 10:02– 10:42 3 11:16-12:05 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 10:46-11:26 4 12:09 - 1:07 5 6 7 8 11:26-12:15 Lunch 1:11 -2:09 6 7 8 5 12:19-12:59 5 2:13 - 3:11 7 8 5 6 1:04 - 1:42 6 E Day will start 20 minutes later than rotating days, 30 minutes later than we have now. 1:47 - 2:27 7 2:31 - 3:11 8

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S ample S tudent S chedule

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BELLS A,B,C,D A B C D Bells (E) E

8:10 - 9:08 Teen Pep (PE) Chem IDT American Literature 8:30- 9:10 Teen Pep 9:12 -10:14 Chem IDT American Literature Teen Pep

LAB

9:14- 9:58 Chem 10:18-11:16 IDT American Literature Teen Pep Chem 10:02-10:42 IDT 11:16-12:05 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 10:46-11:26 American Literature 12:09 -1:07 Italian Alg II Academic Support US History 11:26-12:15 Lunch 1:11 - 2:09 Alg II Academic Support US History Italian 12:19-12:59 Italian 2:13 - 3:11 Academic Support US History Italian Alg II 1:04 - 1:42 Alg II E Day will start 20 minutes later than rotating days, 30 minutes later than we have now. 1:47 - 2:27 Academic Support 2:31 - 3:11 US History

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By the minutes…

SCIENCE COURSES

  • Currently meet for 6 x 44 = 264 minutes per week - over three weeks: 792 minutes
  • New schedule will meet twice for 4 x 58 + 40 = 272 minutes per week and once for

3 x 58 + 40 = 214 minutes so over three weeks: 758 minutes

  • Means 11 minutes less per week per class

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (P .E.) COURSES

  • Currently meets for 4 x 44 = 176 minutes per week - over three weeks: 528 minutes
  • New schedule will twice meet 2 x 58 + 40 =156 minutes per week and once for

3 x 58 + 40 = 214 minutes so over three weeks: 526 minutes

  • Means 2 minutes less per three weeks

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By the minutes… (cont’ d)

All courses except S cience and P .E.

  • Currently meet for 5 x 44 = 220 minutes per week -
  • ver three weeks: 660 minutes
  • New schedule will meet for 3 x 58 + 40 = 214

minutes per week so over three weeks: 642 minutes

  • Means 6 minutes less per week per class

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S cience Labs and Physical Education

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cience lab courses and P .E. classes will be scheduled side-by-side in either the first four

  • r last four periods
  • Labs will be pulled from the P

.E. course in days A, B, C or D, for the first two cycles

  • For the third cycle, there will be no lab pull-
  • uts and the P

.E. classes will meet

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Teachers’ contact time per week

All teachers except Science and P .E.

  • Current ly t each 220 x 5 = 1100 minut es per week so over t hree weeks 3300

minut es or 1100 minut es per week

  • New schedule will t each 5 classes for 214 x 5 = 1070 minut es per week so
  • ver t hree weeks 3210 minut es or 1070 minut es per week

Science Teachers

  • Current ly t each 264 x 4 = 1056 minut es per week so over t hree weeks 3168

minut es or 1056 minut es per week

  • New schedule will t wice t each 272 x 4 = 1088 minut es and once 214 x 4 = 856

minut es so over t hree weeks 3032 minut es or 1011 minut es per week average

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Teachers’ contact time per week (cont’ d)

P .E. Teachers

  • Currently teach 176 x 6 = 1056 minutes per week so over

three weeks 3168 minutes or 1056 minutes per week

  • New schedule teach 156 x 6 = 936 minutes (2x) and

214 x 6 = 1284 minutes (1x) so over three weeks 3156 minutes or 1052 minutes per week

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Considerations/ Challenges

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  • Maintaining the integrity of the academic program
  • Co-Curricular and extra-curricular activities
  • Religious school classes after school
  • Parent work schedules
  • Traffic patterns across town
  • The teacher’s contract
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Considerations/ Challenges (cont’ d)

  • Professional development for teachers
  • Accommodat ing entire student body for lunch at one time
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taff/ S tudent adj ustment to new schedule

  • Budget Considerations –

Unit Lunch

  • Implementing a testing schedule
  • Possible additional P

.E. staffing

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Quotes: Administrator Perspective

Glen Rock Principal: “ With the new schedule, I noticed an immediate sense of CALM . . . that’s what lets learning happen . . [the kids are] more ready to learn… Kids learn how to do school well; now they have to prove more (show learning more).”

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Quotes: S tudent Perspective

  • Freshman: "More t ime for homework …

There is not hing I do not like."

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  • phomore: "Like mixing up t he rout ine …

I like everyt hing about it ."

  • Junior: "It 's dope . . .more like a college schedule …

There is not hing not t o like about it ."

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enior: "I like it . The t ransit ion went smoot hly. Most kids adapt ed wit hin t wo days … I would never want t o go back t o a t radit ional schedule.”

Glen Rock − students randomly approached in media center:

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Realizing Our Goals

We believe this proposed schedule will allow us to meet our goals:

  • 1. To optimize opportunities for deep & engaged student learning
  • 2. To enhance student and staff wellness

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