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Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught
Posted by Linda on 6/15/07
Here's my opinion...for what it's worth: Primary children can
hardly make the day, as it is. On the middle school/high school
level, this would add between 7 and 8 minutes to each class. I
can't really see that this is the answer for our test
scores....Our kids "shut down" the first week of May. We try to
1) make it fun 2) vary our teaching techniques 3) give lots
of "hands-on" opportunities.....but these students are
THROUGH!!!!! Adding a week to that WILL NOT improve test
scores....We start August 14th (the middle of summer)as it is....a
week WILL NOT make a difference, it will only add adjustment
time.
On 6/13/07, hsm/Amy wrote:
> hehe I feel like a dummy for not recognizing that name. (there
> is a Mrs. Garrett at Comanche though, and I thought her first
> name might be Sandy) I agree that kids are in school plenty of
> hours, and that keeping them in the classroom instead of pulling
> them out for this-n-that would make a big improvement. Have a
> good day! :)
>
> On 6/13/07, Lou wrote:
>>
>> Sandy Garrett is the State Superintendant of Education.
>> She wants to add more working hours to our day and days to our
>> year. I don't think this needs to be done, instead,
>> administrators and principals need to better organize the time
>> we already have. My students spend more than half of their
>> school time in pull outs making instruction haphazard and
>> difficult. They go to P.E., art, computers, music, library,
>> Indian class, Spanish class, Boy and Girl Scouts, recess,
> etc.
>> This leaves very little authentic instruction time. So much
>> valuable time is wasted. Sandy needs to spend some real time
> in
>> some our schools an see what is really going on.
>>
>> On 6/12/07, just wondering wrote:
>>> On 6/12/07, teacher wrote:
>>>> What do you think of Sandy Garrett wanting to add more
>>> hours
>>>> and days to our school year? Reckon she'll come up with
>>> the
>>>> money to pay us for the difference?
>>>
>>> Is this the same Sandy Garrett that is at Comanche? Are you
>>> in Comanche? Just wondering. I live nearby.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/12/07, by teacher.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/12/07, by just wondering.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/13/07, by Lou.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/13/07, by hsm/Amy.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/14/07, by Bert.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/15/07, by Linda.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/18/07, by Eme.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/20/07, by Linda.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 6/28/07, by to bert.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 7/07/07, by Jessica.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 7/20/07, by H. Parent.
- Re: Adding length to the school day and days taught, 7/20/07, by All Day Pre-K.
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