Thursday, March 22, 2018

Trial Period of Potential New Schedule 4/2-5/4

Dear Members of the EGHS Community;

For over a year now members of the EGHS faculty and administration have been working to respond to some of the shortcomings of the current EGHS schedule. Specifically, many faculty, staff and students have expressed frustration with the schedule’s unpredictability, seemingly irregular class meeting patterns, and a shortage of time designated for students to meet with teachers, advisors, counselors, and administration during the school day. In an attempt to resolve these and other issues, a scheduling committee of faculty engaged with students, fellow faculty, staff, and both school and district administration to create a new framework and a potential new schedule for East Greenwich High School.

In keeping with the iterative process that led to this schedule’s design, last week the majority of EGHS faculty voted to support a trial period of the proposed schedule. We believe that a trial of this schedule has the potential to benefit all of EGHS before decisions are made and final votes are cast. Through this trial period all stakeholders will have a prolonged sample of what the new day-to-day operations will consist of. It will also allow us multiple opportunities to find any hidden costs or flaws that would need to be addressed before potentially moving forward with this schedule in totality for SY 18-19.

The trial of the schedule is set to begin on Monday April 2nd and run until Friday May 4th. During the trial window the daily schedule rotation at East Greenwich High School will run as follows:
We will continue to use the same start and end times for each period and for the school day. This includes Wednesday’s early dismissal that has been in effect this academic year.
It is our hope that through this schedule experiment we will verify that we have designed a schedule that has simplified class meeting patterns and rotations, as well as found a way to give students valuable time during the school day to access the supports they need to succeed academically and thrive personally.

As April 2nd approaches we will be sure all students are well prepared and have an accurate understanding of how the trial of this schedule will proceed. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Thank you for your support of East Greenwich High School, our students and our mission.

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