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How would your dd's backpack be affected?  There are no more textbooks.  At most it would be some notebooks.  Could get a binder with dividers.

One of my DDs friends went to a middle school that was AB (all classes) AB.  So every Wed they had all classes except advisory.  Maybe more schools could consider this.  I too find that it makes for less learning because the kids can't be taught for 1.25 hours.  And also if they are sick it is a mess[/quote]

I'm not the PP, but my kids have different materials that they need to bring to different classes.  They change out their Odd and even day binders/inner bags based on the classes they have that day.[/quote]

Basically this. DD has separate binders for each of her classes (required), with each binder having different sections. She also has textbooks and workbooks in two classes, so just for those, there are 4 books plus two binders.

My understanding is that the kids aren't taught for the entirety of the block. They are taught, then given problems or other materials to see if they understood what was taught, which is then gone over. They also go over quizzes, tests, and homework, so the additional time allotment is useful. In classes involving writing, they have essentially moved to all assessments being done in class. Too many kids cheating, made much, much worse with AI help. Also helped by longer classes.

As it is, DD can have 3 tests on a given day. She will be mortified if she ends up with even more, which can happen with the every class every day model.[/quote]

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