Options

=OPTIONS=

Half-day for students once per month (e.g. every first Monday, whenever that Monday falls)
 * Option #1** (Trinity School model)

Pro: If students were released at 11:30 and meetings started at Noon and went to 3pm, that would give three hours. Part of this would be whole-faculty/staff meeting, and part could be for other gatherings as needed (e.g. grade-level, department, committee meetings, etc.)

Half-day (or reduced-day) schedule --early release -- for students twice per month (i.e. every other week). First meeting of month would be for whole-faculty/staff meeting; second meeting would be for other gatherings (e.g grade-level, department, committee meetings, etc.).
 * Option #2**

Reduced-day schedule for students twice per month: first day would be early release, second day would be late start (e.g. cut first two periods, so students arrive at 9:30. Faculty arrives at 7:30 AM for two hours of meeting time.
 * Option #3**

Half-day schedule --early release-- for students once per month. A second meeting occurs in the morning before bell (e.g. 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM)
 * Option #4**

Pro: No instructional time lost for second meeting Cons: likely to be late or non-arrivals, late start to meeting, not much time to get anything done, students have no access to homerooms until bell or after bell.

Half-day or reduced-day schedule every week (e.g. Wednesdays). First Wed: whole-faculty/ staff meeting; second Wed: department meetings; third Wed: grade level meetings; fourth Wed: committee meetings and/or Professional Development
 * Option #5** (Pope John XXIII model)