Input 220 announced Wednesday night that the advisory panel will recommend no district student should start the school day before 8 a.m. and that Barrington High students should start their day at 9 a.m. at the earliest.
The advisory council, made up of Barrington Area Unit School District 220 community members, was asked by the school board in February 2015 to find out if the district should and could optimize the start and end times of the school day to enhance student learning and performance.
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And the wimpification of America’s youth just keeps on rolling…
Standardized exams like the SAT have been dumbed down to make them easier due to declining scores. No more class rank or valedictorian honors (makes average students feel “inferior”). Join a sports team, never get cut and get an award whether you even played in a game/ match or not.
They eliminated teaching cursive/script writing because it’s too difficult (someone will have to read the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and letters from grandparents to them). They’ll be able to type out a letter in MS Word using script font but they won’t be able to read it.
When will this end? Foreign students are kicking American student’s butts and now we’ve got some entitled college grads who feel all they have to do is show up to a job and get paid for the honor of their presence in the workplace and nothing more.
ENOUGH ALREADY!
Bring back dodge ball!