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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a large (4,000+ students) high school with shift schedules. From sophomore year onward, my classes began around 7 and ended around noon. The last period was lunch and that wasn't mandatory. Getting up at 5 am wasn't fun but otherwise, I loved it. It made it easy for me get to an after school job, do an extracurricular, and still have plenty of time to do homework.

There's nothing wrong with shift schedules. It's good solution to student overpopulation. 
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It's a solution of last resort for a system in a death spiral. [/quote]
There is no death spiral.[b]  If it gets that bad people will leave Arlington for Fairfax, and that will be that.[/b]
Shift scheduling sounds great if it is optional.  I don’t know how many kids would self select into earlier start times for less crowded classes.[/quote]

That's exactly what a school system death spiral looks like. People with the economic means to make different choices WILL make different choices. The kids left behind will be those who are high-needs and they will inherit a system with fewer resources. [/quote]

Agreed, shift schedule=death spiral of APS.  We are not talking about optional zero periods here.  Libby thinks we can put something like 5000 students at Washington Lee, since they will only show up in "shifts" - or even better NOT AT ALL.  "They will learn with this": *waves iPhone in parents' face*  
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