Our school finally published its tentative bell schedule and tentative class matrix last night. We have a 7-period day (with one period not meeting on our weekly short day), beginning at 8 and ending at about 3:40. Long day, but we get paid for that extra time. I would rather have started earlier in the morning than put all of the extra half-hour at the end of the day, because it's going to hurt the athletes etc. who leave school early for their games or other activities, but nobody asked me.
And that, my readers, is a whole other bone of contention! We have a decisionmaking body that is in charge of things such as bell schedules, but that committee was not even contacted regarding the start or end time, the number of periods, etc.
I'm disappointed that we are on a type of block schedule where I will not have a conference period each day, but I'm mostly happy with the courses I've been assigned thus far: Algebra 2, Trigonometry/Math Analysis, and one section of Algebra 1 for juniors & seniors who still need to pass it.
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