Your Views on the Extended School Day

The Extended School Day proposal is still out there and will likely be back for consideration in the North Adams School District soon. Where do you stand on extending the school day? Elementary School, Middle School, High School? If you're in favor of it, what would like to see added or changed to what we're doing now for the kids? Longer time devoted to core studies? More physical education? More time for recess and lunch? A change in the way we teach - quality instruction time - more applied learning, less lecturing at a blackboard - small group instruction? Do we include kindergarten in an extended day? And what about the teachers? More professional development, more planning time? Do you think 6 hours a day, 180 days a year is enough time (the current mandate)? Be part of the conversation.