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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“This is a step forward for us in the field of education,” said Chairman Beverly Massie as the Rappahannock School Board last week approved institution of the seven period day at Rappahannock County High School next year. “This will put our students in a better position to compete with students from surrounding areas (by providing) more opportunity to take additional courses and giving them a broader base for their studies.”
“There are many important things going on, but this may be the most important,” Superintendent David Gangel agreed, saying the move “opens a realm of possibilities.”
Assistant Superintendent Robert Chappell reported that the faculties of the two schools worked out a new bell schedule that allows for seven periods at RCHS without lengthening the day for younger students at RCES. The extra time at the high school comes from here and there: class periods have been cut from 52 to 48 minutes, homeroom is five minutes instead of 10, the start of the school day has been moved up from 8:31 to 8:25, and students have a shorter break between homeroom and first period and between the end of class and the departure of the buses.
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