Parsippany Schools Lengthen School Day for 2015-16

If Parsippany-Troy Hills students were counting the minutes until the final bell of the school day before, they’ll be counting a little longer this upcoming calendar year.

The board of education recently approved an adjustment in the total hours of a school day across all school buildings and grades kindergarten through 12, lengthening the schedule by nine minutes.

The additional time will come at the end of each school day. At Parsippany Hills and Parsippany High Schools, the day will begin at 7:40 a.m. and end at 2:25 p.m. in 2015-2016, as opposed to an end time of 2:16 p.m. in the past.

High school delayed openings will still have a 9:10 a.m. start time, but early dismissals will be moved from 12:28 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. under the new times.

Brooklawn and Central Middle schools will see a change with the opening bell starting one minute later, at 8 a.m. rather than 7:59 a.m., and classes will be dismissed at 2:46 p.m. rather than 2:36 p.m. Delayed openings will begin at 9:30 a.m. and early dismissals will be 1:16 p.m. rather than 12:45 p.m.

All elementary schools, including Eastlake, Intervale, Knollwood, Lake Hiawatha, Lake Parsippany, Littleton, Mt. Tabor, Northvail, Rockaway Meadow, and Troy Hills, will begin school at 8:55 a.m. and end at 3:25 p.m. in the coming school year.

Delayed openings will be uniform across the elementary schools in the district, starting at 10:25 a.m. and early dismissals letting out at 1:55 p.m.

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