why did they want to change!?did they tell their reason to the administrator!?

[/b]86 minutes of any subject is alot!!! Especially in Geometry... I love Math but an hour and a half of boring shape stuff that i dont always understand 100% is CRAZY!!!!! I think that we should change the school days back to 45min classes!

If you don't understand it 100% that's why you are in school....to learn!

You should be able to change your class mid-year with approval. If there is a class that you are not donig to well in (AP) you should be able to drop it. I have the reverse problem. My Science and English classes are too easy and my teachers and me want a change but there is nothing that can be done up till this point.

are there classes above your level available!? That wouyld be the only reason not to be able to change your schedule in that case!
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Yes, there is so I don't know what the problme is.

I think that we should go back to 7 period days because with 86 minutes classes people will get off track and do bad in classes.[/code][/b]

The four perods day are a little long and less effective. But when you get to the 7-8 periods days, It has the same effect on the other side of the spectrum. The classes would be too short and to many.

I think that there should be a 5-6 period day! Then it is right in the middle it gives more time for classes and helps the students attention spand!

THat would be the optimal length.

[quote="ostrichlady"]I think that there should be a 5-6 period day! Then it is right in the middle it gives more time for classes and helps the students attention spand![/quote]

On the contrary, there would be less class time due to class switching. Secondly, I find that there is an advantage in the A/B schedule in that one can manage homework and projects with greater ease and flexability.

There would be less class time but it would still be more productive. With the 4 period day you lose over 2000 minuets of instucton each school year now that is not acceptable. One positive to A/B day is that it more closely emulate an acutal college schedule.

The four period day has too long of classes! There are a lot of kids who don't have the attention spand to last that long on one subject! If there were 6 or 7 periods then there wouldn't be enough time for the teachers to get in the needed information! But the 5 period day helps the attention spand problem with still enough time for the class's information!

The A/B day schedule will still be in affect! The 5 period day would not have that much inpact on those classes, except the shortened class period! The A/B day classes will be treated the same as they are now!

[quote="DrewT"]There would be less class time but it would still be more productive. With the 4 period day you lose over 2000 minuets of instucton each school year now that is not acceptable. One positive to A/B day is that it more closely emulate an acutal college schedule.[/quote]

Where is that time lost? Explain.

[quote="zachomis"][quote="DrewT"]There would be less class time but it would still be more productive. With the 4 period day you lose over 2000 minuets of instucton each school year now that is not acceptable. One positive to A/B day is that it more closely emulate an acutal college schedule.[/quote]

Where is that time lost? Explain.[/quote]

in the old 6 period w/ half hour lunch schedule, classes were 55 minutes each, so for one two-semester course:
55 minutes/day X 180 days = 9900 minutes total class time.

With the 4 period A/B scedule, you have 86 minutes, but only ever other day, so in effect its 86 minutes for 90 days per two-semester course:
86 minutes/day X 90 days = 7740 minutes total class time.

Thats a loss of 2160 minutes, or 36 hours, per two semester course.

That was a big concern that the teachers had when the change was being tossed around.

yea, it was one of the major points used to argue the schedule change, especially considering that its a loss of 36 hours of instruction time per class (assuming its a two semester class, its a loss of 18 hours if its a one semester class), not 36 hours total.

it may be a loss of class time, but you can take more classes and you have more time outside of class to get work done and all year to learn.

rather than taking more courses I want to make sure i get the instruction in the classes I do have.

that is true, you should have time in the classroom. However, an extended class period provides more time to ask questions, fully understand a new topic, and do labs in science classes than a shorter class more often. You can also get help afterschool on the off days. For me personally, i find that the extra time between classes and in classes allows me to better understand what is going on.

Well everyone learns differently. But what I do know is that there were many teachers who were worried over the loss of class time.

Well, if a student needs extra help, then they can sign up for one of the extra classes such as English 9 Reflections so that they would have the subject every day. But, it is the student's responsibility to sign up for those classes. They have the extra room since they have the opprotunity to take [b]eight[/b] courses per semester. Then, the kids that are advanced and that are handling the A/B day schedule well don't have to be held back. If they are able to handle the A/B day with great grades, then that shouldn't change. But, those other students that aren't getting the the A's and B's in their classes [i]should[/i] sign up for those extra help courses and it should be mandatory that they do.

English Reflections and Geo Exploration was not only for extra help. If you din't have a full schedule that is what they gave you. In fact the first year that they had the 4 pd schedule thats what they mainly used it for.

But I don't think that it's fair to the students who are [i]thriving[/i] under the A/B schedule to take it away. It provides a GREAT opprotunity to students to manage homework and projects and tests easier.

I wouldn't say that kids are thriving under the block schedule. While it would take several years of the same testing to prove this there has been a sharp increase in freshmen failures and higher enrollment in twilight school.

Well, some kids might not be thriving, but some kids are. Some kids who are advanced think that the schedule is great because it gives them more opprotunities, but the lower level kids may not be doing so well. So, the lower level kids should get extra help. Right now, some kids are being challenged when dealing with this schedule. Why can't they just get extra help so that they are on the same level of excellence as all the other students? The board raised the bar by making this schedule. Just because it's harder doesn't mean that we should stop using it. We should take the challenge and try to do our best to meet that bar. Going back to the old schedule will just mean that we gave in and gave up!

You can't ostrasize kids because they are lower level that just isn't right. For us kids who are more advanced why not make us take the initiative, jump start and AP rather than leaving the majority behind.

I'm saying we should help the lower level kids to reach our level... wasn't that clear in my last post?

I'm saying it shouldn't be up to the lower level kids to get to our level. We should take the initiative to excel. Do whats right for the majority.

ABOUT THE CLASS SCHEDULES...That sounds great! Not to long, not to short! :P 1 period should be a lunch period, so that lunch doesn't effect a class AND we don't have TO much homework. (5-6 periods a day =4-5 subjects of homework)

ok i think that the school schedule is fine the way it is. ok so u have to get up a lil early. so what. i know that after school i like to get on the computer and relax and the time that i have is plenty. i dont need less or more :D

The current schedule is a great the way it already is. It allows for flexibility in homework schedules, so we can adjust to our ever changing after school schedules. Further more, with 8 periods we are able to take a variety of courses that show well rounded qualities to colleges. If we were to have 5 classes each semester we would only be able to take 1 course outside of the core classes. With the 8 period schedule allows more choices for students, you can take 4 AP's in addition to core classes or you can take gym, theatre, chorus, and keyboarding; its your choice! If you would like to take the opportunity to excel great!........if you would rather take on a lighter schedule that okay as well, its your choice.

i think that we should have 8 period days because that way we could have more classes that we like each day instead of a whole 1 1/2 hour periods like mmaatthh!!!!
spyguy13

As students we have to look at scheduling as something that is made for us to excel in our academics. Although it may be hard for us to have sit through longer class periods, we have more time to learn new topics in class, as appose to just having time for a drill, reviewing homework, and a brief lesson. The current 2x2 block scheduling is designed for us to excel in learning, and it as worked well.