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School District Declares Half Days for Middle School June 11 to 14
Posted on Wednesday, May 08 @ 08:42:45 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR Morning Sun. May 8, 2002. 8:30 AM EDT, UPDATED 2:00 PM EDT: The City School District responding to PTA and teacher complaints about the amount of time teachers are taken out of class to evaluate eighth grade assessment test results has declared a series of half-day dismissals during the regular school week, June 11 to 14.
Parents should be receiving written notice of the new schedule in a letter from their respective schools shortly.
The new schedule will have students dismissed from Highlands and Eastview at 11:15 AM for the four school days beginning Tuesday, June 11 and ending June 14. Monday, June 10, is a regular full day schedule.
The decision to schedule the surprise half-days was made in response to lobbying by the White Plains Middle School PTA which has complained about the lack of meaningful, productive classes during times when regular instructors are taken out of class to evaluate the test results of the eighth grade State Assessment Tests in Social Studies, Technology, and Science.
Eight to 13 Full-Time Teachers Coopted for Grading Tuesday through Friday.
On Monday, June 10, still scheduled for a full day of school, 8 teachers will be out to grade the Technology Assessment. On Tuesday, the eight will again be out grading the Technology results. On Wednesday andand Thursday, the 12th and 13th of June, 13 teachers will be out of class to grade the social studies assessments. On June 14th, 12 teachers will be taken out of the Middle Schools to grade the Science Assessment.
Middle School Teachers have complained to parents that serious learning does not take place in the Middle Schools during the week when daily teachers are taken away from their classes. Parents of Middle School students took up the teacher-generated complaint at two public meetings in March and April, and as a result of their efforts, the Board of Education has agreed to the week of half-days.
The close of school is unaffected by the scheduling of the new half-days. Middle School will still be open June 24 and close June 25, as scheduled.
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