MS/HS Changes to Bell Schedule for 2018-2019

Dear Parents/Guardians,
 
We hope this email finds you enjoying your summer. We would like to share with you some important updated information regarding our school day and bell schedule for this and future years. Guidance from the State required that we revise our bell schedule, in particular, the number of instructional minutes.  In order to ensure that Skaneateles secures all the State aid allowable we must add 10 minutes into our instructional day. We have created our new attached MS/HS bell schedule along with our 1-hour delay, 2-hour delay, and our half-day schedules. The most significant changes you will notice, to accommodate the State mandate, are listed below:

Warning bell two minutes earlier at 7:48 a.m.

• Classes begin in first period at 7:50 a.m.
• We’ve extended each class period by one-minute (41-minutes)
• Dismissal is now at 2:21 p.m.
• Activity Period will run from 2:25-3:00 p.m.   

 
Thank you very much for your understanding.  
 
Enjoy the remainder of your summer.
 
Regards,
 
Mike Caraccio and Gregory Santoro