PREPARE RESPONSES BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. IN ONE WEEK, ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS AND CHANGES AGAIN THIS YEAR TO THE BELL SCHEDULE. PEYTON SPELLACY IS LIVE AT A-P-S HEADQUARTERS TO BREAK DOWN THE NEW TIMES HERE. PEYTON. TODD A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILIES SAID THAT THE SCHOOL DAY ENDED TOO LATE FOR THEIR KIDS AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. SO A-P-S IS MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE THIS YEAR. MOST MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL NOW BE IN SESSION EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR, FROM 8:05 A.M. TO 2:50 P.M. ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL STARTS AND ENDS FIVE MINUTES EARLIER. THE SCHEDULES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS VARY STARTING AS EARLY AS 7:30 A.M. TO AS LATE AS 915. THE CHIEF OF SCHOOL SAYS TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG FACTOR WHEN THEY CONSIDER SETTING THE SCHEDULES FROM THE NUMBERS OF BUSSES TO THE BUS DRIVERS AVAILABLE. BECAUSE WE TRANSPORT 40,000 STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL EACH AND EVERY DAY, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH FOUR DIFFERENT ROUTES. WE REALLY WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE A SAME START AND END TIME FOR EVERY SCHOOL, BUT OUR RESOURCE DOESN’T ALLOW FOR THAT. AGAIN, THE SCHOOL SCHEDULES WILL VARY, SO TO SEE THE SCHEDULES FOR EACH SCHOOLS, LOOK FOR THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE. REPORTING LIVE FROM A-P-S HE
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APS shares new bell schedules for 2024-2025 school year
Some elementary and middle schools starting later than others.
Peyton Spellacy
Reporter
Albuquerque Public Schools students head back to class this week, and there is another change to the bell schedule this year.A lot of middle school families said the school day ended too late for their kids' after-school activities, and now APS is making changes to the bell schedule. “We got a lot of feedback from middle school families that they were frustrated that their students, their eighth graders, were not able to fully participate in high school athletics and activities,” APS chief of schools Dr. Channell Segura said. “And so that was information that was really important for us to hear. And so we've adjusted them this year.”The biggest factor driving these decisions is transportation. “What you know, many people don't understand is that transportation really drives the decisions that we make within our scheduling each year,” Segura said. “And each year is different. So, the number of buses that we have, the recruitment of bus drivers, impacts that.”APS transports 44,000 students every day, according to Segura, which demands a four-tier system, allowing for different start times for elementary, middle, and high school students.“We really wish that we could have the same start and end time for every school, but our resources don't allow for that,” Segura said.For some schools, class begins as early as 7:15 a.m. or as late as 9:15 a.m. For parents' schedules, some schools will offer programs to help with the untraditional bell schedules. “We are working really closely with our out-of-school providers to provide before-school and after-school programming so that families can drop their kids off on their way to work and pick up their kiddos once they get off of work, " Segura said.For a full list of back-to-school bell schedules, click this link.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
Albuquerque Public Schools students head back to class this week, and there is another change to the bell schedule this year.
A lot of middle school families said the school day ended too late for their kids' after-school activities, and now APS is making changes to the bell schedule.
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“We got a lot of feedback from middle school families that they were frustrated that their students, their eighth graders, were not able to fully participate in high school athletics and activities,” APS chief of schools Dr. Channell Segura said. “And so that was information that was really important for us to hear. And so we've adjusted them this year.”
The biggest factor driving these decisions is transportation.
“What you know, many people don't understand is that transportation really drives the decisions that we make within our scheduling each year,” Segura said. “And each year is different. So, the number of buses that we have, the recruitment of bus drivers, impacts that.”
APS transports 44,000 students every day, according to Segura, which demands a four-tier system, allowing for different start times for elementary, middle, and high school students.
“We really wish that we could have the same start and end time for every school, but our resources don't allow for that,” Segura said.
For some schools, class begins as early as 7:15 a.m. or as late as 9:15 a.m. For parents' schedules, some schools will offer programs to help with the untraditional bell schedules.
“We are working really closely with our out-of-school providers to provide before-school and after-school programming so that families can drop their kids off on their way to work and pick up their kiddos once they get off of work, " Segura said.
For a full list of back-to-school bell schedules, click this link.
