Huntley High School To Consider Changing New School Bell

HUNTLEY, Ill. (AP) — Administrators at Huntley High School outside Chicago are considering a change to a new school bell after sophomore Kyle Ockerlund decided to do a scientific investigation and found the tone was disruptive to learning.

The 16-year-old founder of the school’s experimental science club devised tests to measure student concentration. Through his investigation, Ockerlund discovered that students exposed to the high-pitched bell didn’t perform as well on tests.

Ockerlund tells the Daily Herald that students are required to stay in class through the passing period bell. He says the bell produces a piercing sound when it rings at full volume in a silent room.

The school’s science club helped Ockerlund develop and administer concentration tests to a group of 50 freshmen while sounding both the old and new bell sounds.

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