Passing time bells are back after a year and a half of silence. 

After a recent faculty and student survey, Dr. Galligan decided to introduce a few of the bells back in the high school after winter break.

Data from a recent survey supports the fact that teachers were not as supportive as students when it came to this year's no bell schedule. In fact, teachers found it 3 times less stressful having bells than students did.

Slightly under half of the high school staff thought it would be a good idea to either eliminate bells during school starting this school year or use them in a more limited fashion in order for a more organized building and to prepare students for college. 

Principal Dr. Galligan helped both students and staff come to a happy medium.

Dr. Galligan explained that getting rid of the passing time bells was due to the process of revamping student schedules.

“One of the things we piloted was a no bell system with the main goal that students, based off some research we had done, to decrease stress of students getting from point A to point B, to increase independence of students being responsible for their own time, [and] making our system more college and career-like. Students will not have bells in other areas of their life,” he said.

Dr. Galligan worked hard on the bell system to find the best solution.

“ I also realize that some students and some staff feel like bells do bring structure which is also really important, so it's trying to find a balance between both, which is why we wanted to get feedback from students and staff on how it's working for them,” he said. 

Senior Adam Mroue barely noticed the absence of bells. 

“I honestly didn't even realize that we didn't have bells anymore. I just went when the teacher told us to leave the classroom,” he said. 

Earlier this school year there was a 2 hour delay in which the bells were piloted for the first time since last school year. The reactions were visible, with many students startled by the sound and many teachers happy to hear them.