A committee of teachers is proposing revisions to the bell schedule that would replace the current schedule with a weekly rotating schedule.

The Bell Schedule Committee began meeting last May to discuss potential schedule ideas after staff members expressed a desire for more time to work together and more opportunities for students to get support. The committee consists of Principal David Sondheim and teachers Erik Berkowitz, Steve Hettleman, Lisa Kemp, and Todd Samet.

“We’re considering a couple different rotating schedules,” Kemp said. “Like a two week and a three week rotation, all with different lengths of classes, varying amounts of time for teachers to work together, varying amounts of time for support for students, and also some time that might be open for a bunch of different possibilities.”

Specifics of the schedule are currently being worked on, and will be proposed to staff members in the near future.

“For students, [the benefit] is having different time frames for instruction and learning that would work with different learning styles and different needs, whether they need assistance from a teacher or whether they need more direction for an independent project,” Kemp said.

Similar efforts to revamp the bell schedule took place several years ago, but the initiative fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass.

Students and parents will be solicited for feedback once the proposal is agreed upon by the staff.

“We’re getting feedback from staff about what they would absolutely never vote for, what would be the deal-breakers, and what they like about some of the concepts we’re exploring,” Kemp said. “I think there’s a bunch of cool things we could do that would change the way we work as teachers and might make the school feel more communal even as we’re getting bigger.”