You can adjust the values in the yellow redesigned fields below to investigate the questions such as: What would happen if you lengthened the school day by 15 minutes? or What are the effects of decreasing the number of periods per day to allow for longer classes and less passing time?

As you experiment with these changes, you will immediately be able to see how the revised numbers impact the district budget. Your base case data is shown below in the gray fields. You may enter data into the yellow redesigned fields to experiment with different tradeoffs and scenarios concerning Instructional Time.

elementary schools	base case	redesigned
total minutes in school day
total non-instructional minutes in school day
middle schools	base case	redesigned
total minutes in school day
total non-instructional minutes in school day
high schools	base case	redesigned
total minutes in school day
total non-instructional minutes in school day
all schools	base case	redesigned
instructional days in school year
district-level pd days per school year
school-level pd days per school year
non-teaching, non-pd paid days per school year
elementary schools	base case	redesigned
percentage of day devoted to instruction
total instructional hours in school year
% change, instructional hours in school year
middle schools	base case	redesigned
percentage of day devoted to instruction
total instructional hours in school year
% change, instructional hours in school year
high schools	base case	redesigned
percentage of day devoted to instruction
total instructional hours in school year
% change, instructional hours in school year
salary change from add'l instructional time	elementary	secondary
salary change from additional instructional time

	base case	redesigned	difference
school system budget