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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy sh*t,

Is it too late to transfer to MacArthur?[/quote]

MacArthur also doing 80-minute classes.[/quote]

The question isn't whether they are doing 80-minute classes or not...both the A/B and the 4x4 schedules have 4 classes per day, 80 minutes each.  The question is whether they are doing the A/B schedule (8 classes for whole year, each class meets every other day) vs the 4x4 (4 classes that meet every day for one semester only followed by 4 new classes for the 2nd semester).  If it's the 4x4 schedule, start complaining now and get it changed as soon as possible![/quote]

[b]Except many people have made it clear that the 4x4 schedule was a Covid era phenomena and is no longer.[/b]

I love your advice…who would you complain to get it changed if the entire school system was on a 4x4 schedule?[/quote]

No—people have said that it was a covid-era schedule at JR but that it’s still in place at many other DCPS high schools, as it was pre-covid. JR was an exception (Walls, as well, I believe) before and had to fight to get the exception again after. (DCPS prefers 4x4 for HS because it offers more opportunities in a single year for students to retake classes if they fail, which in theory helps graduation rates. It’s terrible in pretty much every other way.)

The question of whether MacArthur will be on an A/B schedule or a 4x4 still has not been answered.[/quote]

This. DCPS Central loves the 4x4 because if a kid fails math or English, they can retake it 2nd semester rather than waiting until the next school year. DCPS is all about improving the graduation rate. They don’t really care too much about AP scores or whether you struggle once you hit college [/quote]

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