Hours of Education

I am wondering how many hours a day your kids spend in school. We have been running a story on WHOI about a local school district that is cutting out 45 minutes of class time a day. School will start at 9:15am and end at 3:00p.m. next year. My son is still in preschool, so I am not familiar with the "normal" school hours, but I think I had to be at school by 7:45 a.m. and got out at 2:15p.m. I think 6 1/2 hours is a normal school day??

What are your thoughts about changing the school day to 5 hrs and 45 minutes? Will giving teachers more time to prepare for classes lead to better grades or will kids be spelling like this picture?

-NewsAnchorMom Jen