After the Christmas break, the Franklin County school day schedule will change from starting late on Wednesdays to early release on Wednesdays. School will begin at 8 a.m., and students will be released at 2:30 p.m., with the exception of pre-K students who will be released at 2 p.m.
The late start Wednesday schedule was in effect for all of the 2014–15 school year. Assistant Superintendant Linda Foster said the practice was established “to give teachers time to collaborate and work together to address the needs of individual students.”
Director of Schools Amie Lonas recommended the change in response to a request from school principals who suggested it might be more beneficial for personnel to meet in the afternoons. Under the late start Wednesday system, some students continued to arrive at school at 8 a.m., rather than 8:30 a.m. Providing for supervision of these students cut into the collaboration time allocated to personnel.
On Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 6, 2016, school buses will run 30 minutes early in the afternoon and begin picking up students from school at 2:30 p.m. instead of 3 p.m.
Asked if the school system would continue the practice next year, Foster said, “I think we will. Time for teachers to meet and share ideas needs to be built into the schedule. Whether that will be in the morning or afternoon will depend on how this works.”
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