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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had a schedule close to what the OP described at my high school growing up.  It was supposed to ease over crowding on core facilities like the library, gym and cafeteria.  During the "overlap" periods, passing in the halls was nearly impossible.  Just too many kids.

After this policy was enacted, honors students also figured out that we could take additional classes in the extra periods.  I took 9 classes every semester, which allowed me to double up on languages (french and latin), science, music (band and orchestra), and take extra math classes.  A typical schedule before our high school was over crowded would have been 5-6 classes with a lunch and/or study hall.  Nine classes (with lots of APs) bordered on insane.  Given that our space shortage was mostly in core facilities (with portables we had enough classrooms) the administration was just happy not to have us take lunches or study halls.[/quote]One semester they even tried a bigger stagger and added a zero hour.  I took 10 classes that semester.  Not a good idea for students.[/quote]

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