Aps less instructional hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10 minutes matters. Yes, the last 10 minutes of the day is always wasted, but it's not like now they will waste the last 20 minutes. In HS, it would be great to add time to the pass period. 3 minutes between classes is ridiculous.

I have friends who are now saying they will arrive to take their ES kids out early (the time they are dismissed now) in order to make it to sports and other activities after school. Adding this time on is useless in reality, but looks good on paper for whatever purpose I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 minutes matters. Yes, the last 10 minutes of the day is always wasted, but it's not like now they will waste the last 20 minutes. In HS, it would be great to add time to the pass period. 3 minutes between classes is ridiculous.

I have friends who are now saying they will arrive to take their ES kids out early (the time they are dismissed now) in order to make it to sports and other activities after school. Adding this time on is useless in reality, but looks good on paper for whatever purpose I guess.

Sounds like your friends have crappy priorities and/or are just trying to “punish” the school or teachers in a hissy fit.

[Anonymous]

10 minutes is an accounting trick to make APS compare more favorably with other districts and have a better cushion for snow days. The best argument in favor of it in this thread is to possibly give kids more time between classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10 minutes is an accounting trick to make APS compare more favorably with other districts and have a better cushion for snow days. The best argument in favor of it in this thread is to possibly give kids more time between classes.

I'd agree with that.
Second option, add the ten minutes to lunch or the mascot period to give students more time to do whatever they need to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 minutes matters. Yes, the last 10 minutes of the day is always wasted, but it's not like now they will waste the last 20 minutes. In HS, it would be great to add time to the pass period. 3 minutes between classes is ridiculous.

I have friends who are now saying they will arrive to take their ES kids out early (the time they are dismissed now) in order to make it to sports and other activities after school. Adding this time on is useless in reality, but looks good on paper for whatever purpose I guess.

Sounds like your friends have crappy priorities and/or are just trying to “punish” the school or teachers in a hissy fit.

The first year of this might be a little rough, but after school sports times will shift to accommodate. Announcing that they’ll show up early to pull their kids every day rather than see how it goes is … obnoxious.