I visited a school last week that had a manual electric bell system which was operated by a Bell Monitor student. The bell button was located in the hall way so that the students had access. They described a few problems to me. Even though the Bell Monitor was usually on time and operated the bell OK, the office staff didn’t know if the Bell Monitor was at school that day. This meant the office staff then had to take over the bell ringing role whenever the student didn’t turn up. The Office staff needed to check the time regularly for the next Bell Ring this started to be a chore. This continued to happen and the staff were operating the bell themselves, which they now say was not a great use on their time. There is a happy ending, an automatic bell system was installed and has made life for the office staff a breeze.
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Manual School Bell System
Nov 30
School Bell Ringer story
Nov 9
Hi, This is a small story from a School Principal where they had students operate the electric bell. This one student was called the Bell Monitor. This was usually a job that was thought to be an important responsibility to the lucky student. The child at 5 minutes before the end of class, 10 times per day, would walk to the school office, wait for the clock time to tick over to the desired time and presses the Bell Button. But what happened on the last Bell on a particular Friday was, the Bell rang 15 minutes early. The School Principal thought something was up and looked out the window to watch the Bell Monitor student sprinting out the school gate. Hmmm he thought smart kid, although it was the last time the student rang the bell. The School Principal couldn’t trust the students to ring the bell properly anymore, so the Bell Monitor Student was made redundant when a School Bell System was installed soon after.