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Globe/T. Rob Brown Piper Henry (center), a kindergartner at Columbia Elementary in Joplin, on Wednesday eats lunch with her classmates on the first day of school.


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Published August 19, 2009 09:58 pm - Cody Ellis acknowledged that he was a bit overwhelmed on the first day at his new school. He was not necessarily overwhelmed by the expectations of teachers, the crush of homework or the rush of trying to avoid being tardy. The 14-year-old is in the eighth grade at East Middle School, which opened its doors to pupils for the first time Wednesday.

Classes begin in Joplin School District



By Greg Grisolano

ggrisolano@joplinglobe.com

Cody Ellis acknowledged that he was a bit overwhelmed on the first day at his new school. He was not necessarily overwhelmed by the expectations of teachers, the crush of homework or the rush of trying to avoid being tardy.

The 14-year-old is in the eighth grade at East Middle School, which opened its doors to pupils for the first time Wednesday.

Cody was overwhelmed by the building itself.

“It’s big,” he said after attending a welcoming assembly Wednesday morning. “Just the bigness. It’s better than any other school I’ve been in, so far.”

Cody was among about 600 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to attend the new school at 4594 E. 20th St., in Duquesne.

When classes began Wednesday at all 19 school buildings in the Joplin district, students, parents and teachers got their first taste of sweeping changes to district boundaries and staggered start times.

Schedule change

The district opted for staggered start times for the new school year. Elementary pupils begin classes at 7:45 a.m. and are dismissed at 2:45 p.m. At the middle schools and the high school, classes start at 8:30 a.m. and let out at 3:30 p.m.

Several parents at South Middle School said they favored the later start times for the middle schools and high school.

“It’s handier for me because I get off work at 3 p.m. I was always late picking my kid up,” said Kay Burdick. “So, this makes it more convenient.”

Others said they think the start times might be a problem in terms of younger children being dismissed before older siblings, who could have provided a watchful eye.

“With our work schedules, it’s too difficult to make it work,” said Mike Hicks. “We’ve got to hire a sitter to watch our 10-year-old while our older daughter is still in school. If anything, she should be let out first.”

When they made the decision earlier this year to adopt the change, school district officials cited research showing that younger children benefit from an earlier start time. Superintendent C.J. Huff said it’s unlikely that the school board would look at changing the times again in the near future.



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