Take attendance. Get out Chromebooks and notebooks. Listen to the teacher. Review homework or classwork. The tasks of the start of class can easily consume 10-15 minutes. By the time instruction and learning...

RSD added four half days to the high school calendar (Sept.12, Oct. 10, Jan. 18, Feb. 15) to train teachers on a new schedule that will be implemented for the 2019-2020 school year. The schedule will be...