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A School Without Bells

1/25/2014

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Recently I read an engaging article in the USA Today, “Saved by the bell? Sorry kids, not anymore” that reported on a revolutionary movement among some middle schools that were getting rid of bells at passing time. What amused me was recalling when I first came to work at my current school, Mistletoe Elementary, in 1997. Mistletoe had just transitioned from a K–5 to a K–8, and one of the first things I noticed what the absence of bells. Mistletoe had never had them as an elementary school, so they were not added when grades 6–8 came on board. I couldn’t imagine how that would be possible. My previous middle school had bells to start and end each class. 


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