According to the school principal of West Bend East, the reason is because:"The West Bend School Board is considering changing the Monday morning start-time in both district high schools from 7:30 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. - meaning, unless you take the bus, which will keep the same schedule, you'll have an extra 35 minutes to snooze.
School would continue to get out at 2:31 p.m. so it's not like you'll have to stick around later in the day."
Teachers need to spend more time collaborating, talking to each other about teaching strategies and curriculum and student achievement data, she believes.To borrow from John Stossel: Give Me A Break! As an earlier post suggests, when teachers begin acting like the professionals they claim to be, they will be treated as such.
The article goes on to point out that between now and the end of the school year, the teachers have 5 days off - besides spring break - to "collaborate". What's wrong with sticking around an extra 30 minutes after school ends - AT 2:31! - to get their "strategies" in place? That still gets them home 2 to 3 hours before the rest of. We need those few extra hours not to "collaborate" and "strategize". We need them to make the extra money to pay our taxes!
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