Flex time lets middle school students spread their wings
By Noelle McGee
Friday April 11, 2008
Rick Danzl
South View Middle School students hold rabbits during their flex period pet care class Wednesday at the Danville school.
DANVILLE – At South View Middle School, Jerry McGlaughlin spends most of the day teaching sixth-graders about grammar and punctuation, literary genres and devices and how to write complete sentences and effective essays.
But come 3 p.m., he starts doling out facts about animal anatomy and behavior, sounding less like a language arts teacher and more like a zoologist – or at least someone who knows his way around pets.
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