SEC: Study halls and block schedules

[Vicki Sherouse <sherouse@MARSWEB.COM>]

Our high school will be going to a modified block schedule next year.  Study
halls will then be 90 minutes on block days.  Our study halls allow no
talking, etc.  We are in a 2 week trial right now, and have asked the study
hall teachers (there are 4-6 teachers assigned to monitor 40-100 students in
the cafeteria) to split the students for the library with half coming for
about 40 minutes and then a different group for the second half.  The study
hall teachers don't want to do this as it is extra work for them.  I think
90 minutes is a long time for a kid to sit silently in study hall or to be
in the library.  Do any of you have a similar situation?  What works well?

Vicki Sherouse, Librarian
Sentinel High School
Missoula, Montana
sherouse@marsweb.com

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