Lunch period setup examples

Owned by Jason Vance
Last updated: Apr 05, 2024
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These are some examples of how you can set up lunch periods that are not a full period in length

 

Three 30-minute lunch periods

Courses in yellow span two periods but are approximately the same length as single period courses (in blue)

Period

Start

End

Duration (minutes)

Students with Lunch 1

Students with Lunch 2

Students with Lunch 3

Period

Start

End

Duration (minutes)

Students with Lunch 1

Students with Lunch 2

Students with Lunch 3

1

7:30

8:21

51

Course 1

Course 1

Course 1

2

8:21

9:10

49

Course 2

Course 2

Course 2

3

9:10

9:59

49

Course 3

Course 3

Course 3

4.1

9:59

10:30

31

Lunch 1

Course 4

(49 minutes)

Course 4

(49 minutes)

4.2

10:30

10:48

18

Course 4

(49 minutes)

5.1

10:48

11:19

31

Lunch 2

Course 5

(45 minutes)

5.2

11:19

11:33

14

Course 5

(48 minutes)

Course 5

(48 minutes)

5.3

11:33

12:07

34

Lunch 3

6

12:07

12:56

49

Course 6

Course 6

Course 6

7

12:56

1:45

49

Course 7

Course 7

Course 7

8

1:45

2:30

45

Course 8

Course 8

Course 8

 

Description

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Description

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Wedgewood MS 24-25

  • 3 short lunch periods

  • 7 academic periods per grade

 

Independence HS 24-25

  • (3) 21-minute lunch periods with 29-minute gap between lunches.

  • 8 academic periods

 

 

Five 30-minute lunch periods

Courses in yellow span two periods but are approximately the same length as single period courses (in blue)

Period

Start

End

Duration (minutes)

Student Group A

Student Group B

Student Group C

Student Group D

Student Group E

Period

Start

End

Duration (minutes)

Student Group A

Student Group B

Student Group C

Student Group D

Student Group E

1

7:30

8:21

51

Course 1

Course 1

Course 1

Course 1

Course 1

2

8:21

9:10

49

Course 2

Course 2

Course 2

Course 2

Course 2

3.1

9:10

9:41

31

Lunch A

Course 3

Course 3

Course 3

Course 3

3.2

9:41

9:59

18

Course 3

(49 minutes)

4.1

9:59

10:30

31

Lunch B

Course 4

(49 minutes)

Course 4

(49 minutes)

Course 4

(49 minutes)

4.2

10:30

10:48

18

Course 4

(49 minutes)

Course 4

(49 minutes)

5.1

10:48

11:19

31

Lunch C

Course 5

(45 minutes)

Course 5

(45 minutes)

5.2

11:19

11:33

14

Course 5

(48 minutes)

Course 5

(48 minutes)

Course 5

(48 minutes)

5.3

11:33

12:07

34

Lunch D

Course 6

(52 minutes)

6.1

12:07

12:25

18

Course 6

(49 minutes)

Course 6

(49 minutes)

Course 6

(49 minutes)

Course 6

(49 minutes)

6.2

12:25

12:56

31

Lunch E

7

12:56

1:45

49

Course 7

Course 7

Course 7

Course 7

Course 7

8

1:45

2:30

45

Course 8

Course 8

Course 8

Course 8

Course 8

Two 30-minute lunch periods

Courses in yellow span two periods but are approximately the same length as single period courses (in blue)

Period

Start

End

Duration (minutes)

Students with Lunch A

Students with Lunch C

1

07:30

08:24

54

Course 1

Course 1

2

08:24

09:12

48

Course 2

Course 2

3

09:12

10:00

48

Course 3

Course 3

4

10:00

10:48

48

Course 4

Course 4

5A

10:48

11:21

33

Lunch A

Course 5

5B

11:21

11:36

15

Course 5

5C

11:36

12:09

33

Lunch C

6

12:09

12:57

48

Course 6

Course 6

7

12:57

1:45

48

Course 7

Course 7

8

1:45

2:30

48

Course 8

Course 8

 

Staggered lunch periods for 6th, 7th and 8th grade at MS

Period

Start

End

Duration (minutes)

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

1

7:30

8:32

1:02

Course 1

Course 1

Course 1

2

8:32

9:19

0:47

Course 2

Course 2

Course 2

3

9:19

10:06

0:47

Course 3

Course 3

Course 3

4.1

10:06

10:43

0:37

Course 4

Lunch

Course 4

4.2

10:43

10:53

0:10

Advisory

5.1

10:53

11:21

0:28

Advisory

Lunch

5.2

11:21

11:30

0:09

Course 4

5.3

11:30

12:08

0:38

Lunch

Advisory

6

12:08

12:55

0:47

Course 5

Course 5

Course 5

7

12:55

13:42

0:47

Course 6

Course 6

Course 6

8

13:42

2:30 PM

0:48

Course 7

Course 7

Course 7

 

 

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