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curt
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 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: TRSD adjusts start and dismissal times for fall |
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Published: June 09, 2008 05:55 am
A matter of minutes Timberlane adjusts start and dismissal times for fall
By Meghan Carey
Staff writer
PLAISTOW — Younger students will get to hit the snooze button, but high school students will have to get out of bed a little earlier in the 2008-2009 school year.
The Timberlane Regional School Board adopted a new bus schedule last week, which will shift the start and dismissal times of all the district's schools between five and 15 minutes, according to Superintendent Richard La Salle.
The adjustments were made to help relieve traffic woes at the Greenough Road school complex, where thousands of middle and high school students from four towns arrive at nearly the same time.
The changes should make dropping off and picking up students safer, he said. Administration at the middle school also requested a later start time in hopes that students would be more alert in class, La Salle said.
Middle school students will see the biggest change. Students will be picked up 10 minutes later in the morning. School will start and end 15 minutes later, La Salle said.
The middle and high school will flip-flop who gets in and out first.
High school students should arrive at school five minutes earlier. La Salle said the time for the first bell hasn't been determined, but will likely be at 7:20 a.m. This year it rings at 7:25 a.m.
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alfredtwo
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Sounds pretty bass ackwards to me. All the studies show that high school students would be better off if their school day started later and younger students would do better if they started earlier. So Timberlane (like most districts) does it the other way around. Who thinks that is a good move?
Of course the big reason for this at most districts is sports. High schools have to start earlier so that sports teams have enough daylight to practice and have their games. Coaches know that after school the kids are more awake and have more energy or they'd practice before school and requests the academic day starts later. It's all about priorities. |
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TRHSparent
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| Several students work after school which may have some influence on why HS starts early. |
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alfredtwo
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| TRHSparent wrote: |
| Several students work after school which may have some influence on why HS starts early. |
I am not sympathetic to that arguement at all. If students work, and in general I don't think they should, the work schedule should move around the school one. |
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TRHSparent
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| After school activities are very important, whether it be music, sports, clubs, or work. Colleges look for students that are well rounded and can handle more than just academics. We did several college visits during April vacation and all wanted to know what other activities they were involved in. It's not only about getting extra spending money but saving some earned money for the future (college fund) which is a very valuable lesson. |
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alfredtwo
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I'm not saying that after school activites are not important. They are. But they should revolve around school and not the other way around.
And as for earning money for college there are two schools of thought on that. One is that students should pay some or all of their own college. And then there is the school of thought that my father, my wife's mother, and my wife and I belong to that says that parents should pay for college. And sometimes help with graduate school.
If students do not appreciate college without paying for it themselves there is a serious problem and I am not so sure that paying for college will fix it. Of course that may be a minority point of view but it is one I become more and more convinced of over time. |
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TRHSparent
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I would love to pay for college for my children. I think that I could handle one child. With 2 additional children, all of them in college at the same time....I don't think so.
BTW, both of us had families that could not afford the expense of college, therefore, we paid our own way. We will do what we can to help but our children know that they are responsible for some of the expenses of college.
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PBealo
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I agree that students saving some money for college is a good lesson. My TRHS daughter works part time now saving for a summer trip to Europe with NE Ambassadors of Music. She has earned her spending money...once she returns, the earnings go towards college spending (actually, 10% goes to charity, 15% to her "walking around" money and the rest to savings, and I match the salary and put that into her IRA).
That said, I agree with Alfred that the job and other activities revolve around the school, not the reverse. And, to expound on one of Alfred's points; I believe its pretty delusional to think that ANY kid can save enough for a 4 year college education today. A UNH education is ~ $18K/year. And that's an "inexpensive" school!
I've read biographies of people who attended MIT in the 1920s. At that point one could earn enough money in a summer to fund the entire next year of school. It's just not like that anymore...
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TRHSparent
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| PBealo wrote: |
And, to expound on one of Alfred's points; I believe its pretty delusional to think that ANY kid can save enough for a 4 year college education today. A UNH education is ~ $18K/year. And that's an "inexpensive" school!
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I did not think a HS student could save enough to pay for 4 years of college. A HS student cound earn some money to help for college and take out a student loan. A student could go to a community college (fairly inexpensive) for a couple of years and then transfer into a 4 year college. A very popular financial strategy. |
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