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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im the OP. Thank you to posters who said to look under bell schedule. That was the info I was looking for. Can anyone tell me why some middle schools use a block schedule and others do not?[/quote] Some schools get additional funding to staff eight academic/elective classes. Without that, they have to have seven classes or class size drastically increases. [/quote] The Parkland/Loiederman/Argyle Middle School Magnet Consortium (MSMC) had a grant when they formed to run an 8 period block with teachers teaching 5 classes and having an extra period for professional development as part of the schedule (PD, team, planning are the 3 other periods). After the initial grant, the extra funding went away. So yes, some classes are really large (PE, electives). Changing the bell schedule isn’t a principal decision. There’s a whole staff process and takes a year or two to go through it for agreement.[/quote]
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