POB Central School District Announces New Start Times for 2015-2016 School Year

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District announced new school start times that will begin September 2015.

The district says these changes will reduce activity conflicts between the two middle schools.

The Kindergarten Center and all four elementary schools have also received new start times.

Here are the new start and end times for the 2015 to 2016 school year:

• H.B. Mattlin Middle School and Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School— 8:33 a.m. to 2:43 p.m.
• Elementary Schools— 9:10a.m. to 3:10p.m.
• Kindergarten Center— 9:35a.m. to 3:35p.m.

The start and end times for John F. Kennedy High School will remain the same for the 2015 to 2016 school year.

“The new schedule for the middle schools will reduce conflicts with music, clubs, athletics and remedial programs and assure equity of opportunities across the two schools,” said Dr. Lorna Lewis, superintendent of Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, in a press release. “New start times will also allow those students participating in religious education after school to better balance both commitments.”

The MMS schedule added a tenth period to reduce co-curricular conflict and to mirror POBMS’ zero period. This will create additional music rehearsals and will reduce conflicts with remedial programs. This schedule presented an extended day for the MMS students, the district says.

For more information, visit the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District website or the district’s Facebook page.

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