Corcoran High School’s A.J Lloyd attended the Syracuse City School District Board meeting this evening, along with mother Diane to challenge the new 5x5 schedule implemented this year in all district high schools. The changes are meant to increase teachers’ availability for students, Brian Nolan, Director of High Schools and Career Education said, but students are finding it more difficult and are actually losing time in the classroom, the Lloyds say.
The new 5x5 schedule pushes the school day back and adds a section, starting at 8:15 am and ending at 3:10 pm, cutting into extra-curricular schedules. Lloyd, a varsity golfer has missed roughly 10 classes due to conflicts with golf, he said. “When you make a change like that, you have some bumps on the way,” Nolan said this evening when asked about concerns with the schedule.
The lengthened day also cuts afterschool help, as buses and teachers are only contracted until 3:15 pm. “(Last year) there would be a lot of people that would stay after any given day, even for homework,” A.J Lloyd said. “Some teachers are willing to stay but there’s no more bus to take us back.”
“A bunch of other kids don’t like it,” Lloyd said. Diane Lloyd said she discussed the issue with other parents at Open House meetings at Corcoran High School last week. “It’s hard to get parents involved in the city school system,” Diane Lloyd said. The Curriculum Committee will be discussing the new schedule at their meeting on October 21.
(Photo courtesy of Corcoran High School's website: http://weblink.scsd.us/~corcoran/index.html)
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