APS HWB 90 minute blocks

[Anonymous]

So from handbook HBW has more classic 50 minute periods, with some day to day block changes.

Do any other HS have these shorter periods rather than 90 minute blocks? How did they get to keep the classic style?

[Anonymous]

Each school sets its own schedule, so tell your principal if you don't like yours.

[Anonymous]

Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

[Anonymous]

Why does HBW get all good policies, why don’t they spread to other high schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

Do any of you people actually have kids in high school? This has to be trolls. Once you have a high school kid taking 4-5 APs block scheduling makes a lot of sense and they will still have plenty of homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

They would never do this because of the buses. The 8 period system is a way to make their timing line up for sports. I don’t know what HB does about advanced science classes but that amount of time is not enough. They must double up periods.

[Anonymous]

So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

Why do they get all of the benefits, I don’t care about the supposed program, but they have the smallest high school, they have the newest building, they have the classic traditional 50 minute periods that are much better especially for kids with ADHD, and they had a late start time.

It’s like you take all the best parts of high school and you put them in one place why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

They would never do this because of the buses. The 8 period system is a way to make their timing line up for sports. I don’t know what HB does about advanced science classes but that amount of time is not enough. They must double up periods.

Why do you mean buses? How does that affect periods vs block? Late star could b accomplished a number of way; start all elems at 8, which helps working parents anyways, and then use buses for high
School 9am start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

Do any of you people actually have kids in high school? This has to be trolls. Once you have a high school kid taking 4-5 APs block scheduling makes a lot of sense and they will still have plenty of homework.

No, it’s like the APE nut jobs who were screaming about opening schools back when they had preschoolers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much jealousy of HBW. It's funny.

Why do they get all of the benefits, I don’t care about the supposed program, but they have the smallest high school, they have the newest building, they have the classic traditional 50 minute periods that are much better especially for kids with ADHD, and they had a late start time.

It’s like you take all the best parts of high school and you put them in one place why?

Calm down. Their education is no better and their college placement is no better. I should know. I had two go there and two go to Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

90 minute blocks are an abomination. Very few teachers take advantage of the extra time, usually it’s just given over to class work so the teacher can plan or chill

I forgot that HBW also managed to have the later start time of 8am, which study after study has shown is best for high school students.

How do I convince my principal to make WL start at 9 and restore the traditional 50 minute periods?

Later start time also = later end time, which is much more limiting for after school activities. There are pro's and con's to each schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everything HB has isn’t automatically better.

They have this schedule to make it possible for them to have the latest start time and still allow high school kids to participate in sports at their home school. That’s it. Otherwise they can’t make the buses work.

Block periods - like most things - have pros and cons. Some subjects and topics really do benefit from a longer period. Major advantage for your student is they don’t get homework in all the subjects due the next day. Yes sometimes I’m sure 90 minutes is also too long.

Not getting homework should not be considered an advantage, that’s a sign of the decline in rigor in APS

Do any of you people actually have kids in high school? This has to be trolls. Once you have a high school kid taking 4-5 APs block scheduling makes a lot of sense and they will still have plenty of homework.

I have a senior and a freshman, and they both say the big 90 minute classes are basically just solo desk work at the end of the block and they would rather have daily reinforcement of lessons rather than having a day off in between. But you know that there is less instruction because they spend more time doing classwork, which then doesn’t become homework.

And every teenager would rather start class at 9 AM!