Gazette has learned.

And Education Minister the Hon. Gerald Simons is expected to reveal it to parents this month.

The timetable was developed by Canadian Mr. Earl Wood, project manager of the Ministry's reforms implementation team.

Mr. Wood, who took up the $77,000 annual temporary post last October, met with parents last year to explain his duties, Mr. Simons said.

Mr. Wood will be responsible for co-ordinating the implementation of the middle school programme, curriculum, staffing at schools, and the physical restructuring of school buildings.

He was given until the end of last month to develop a timetable for these reforms, Mr. Simons said.

"He came up with a "clear timetable.'' Government's reform plans include: Having Primary Seven students, as of September, attend neighbourhood high schools without writing an entrance exam, or allowing them to sit an entrance exam into Berkeley Institute or Warwick Academy.

Turning four secondary schools and the Bermuda College's old technical building into middle schools.

Converting Berkeley into a senior secondary school and building a new senior secondary school at the former Devonshire Academy site.

Integrating children with special needs into regular schools.

Implementing a long-term staff development process.

Adding an additional year to the school system.

The new timetable will mark the third time that Government has changed its restructuring schedule.

But Mr. Simons this week stressed that education reform plans were moving along.

Some 215 teachers, principals, and school counsellors have been trained for the middle school system, he said.

And some high schools, including Berkeley, Whitney Institute, and Sandys Secondary, have already implemented some aspects of the middle school concept.

"So students that are currently in the system are benefiting,'' Mr. Simons said.

He also noted that a new Education Act is being drafted and preliminary designs for schools were being developed.

Government has provided $3 million for design work of schools and some site preparation in the coming school year.

It plans to spend in excess of $100 million on restructuring over the next five years.