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School Bell Time Shifts Now Clarified

  • by Anna Bedford-Dillow

On Thursday, April 4, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Superintendent Millard House II ended more than a week of confusion by announcing that the three standardized bell times for schools will include a mix of school levels at each time.

“This plan will not shift all elementary schools to 7:30 a.m., nor all middle schools and Pre-K to 8 academies to 8:30 a.m., nor all high schools to 9:30 a.m.,” wrote House in an email.

“Schools will be notified of bell time shifts no later than April 26. Note that 90 percent of schools are expected to have no shift or a shift of 15 minutes or less,” House clarified.

Standardized bell times are part of five transportation changes PGCPS will implement for school year 2024-25 (see article in last week’s issue). Administrators have announced a series of information sessions about the changes. One will be held on Saturday, April 27, at Eleanor Roosevelt High School from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

A map of the Franklin Park neighborhood. Three red x's mark the sites of the shootings: in the upper right, middle right, and lower-middle left of the image. The x's are labeled as follows: Upper right is labeled "Shooting 1 - 6150 Springhill Ter." Middle right is labeled "Shooting 2 - 6200 Springhill Ct." Lower-middle left is labeled "Cherrywood Ter and Breezewood Ct." The upper right X is near Springhill Lake Elementary School. At the bottom of the map, a black arrow points down, off the edge of the map. This arrow is labeled "Greenbelt Middle School. Dora Kennedy French Immersion School."

Three Dead from Gun Violence Including Local 14-Year-Old

A 25-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy were fatally shot in separate incidents in Greenbelt over the weekend. Meanwhile, another

City Council Candidate Bios

The News Review has received biographies from Bill Orleans and incumbent Amy Knesel. Candidate biographies are prepared by the candidates

Bill Orleans

When first permitted to run for council, or from council, as it may be, Orleans’ biography was published in the

Amy Knesel

When Amy Knesel joined Greenbelt’s City Council in January 2024, she expected to help guide the city through a time

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