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Lake Washington leaders outline implementation plan for six‑period high school day starting 2025–26
Summary
District staff described the new six‑period schedule’s weekly pattern, why it was chosen, steps for evaluating its effects and how saved staffing costs will be reinvested. Officials said the schedule adds instructional hours and creates built‑in time for intervention, but acknowledged scheduling tradeoffs for staff and families.
Lake Washington School District staff told the school board at a March 24 study session that the district will move to a six‑period high school day for the 2025–26 school year and described how the new weekly pattern will work, why it was chosen and how the district plans to measure effects.
“The problem really is at the beginning of the year,” Dr. Holman said as staff reviewed calendar and master‑schedule consequences. “This is our schedule. This is what we're moving forward with… Or we can focus on building the new.”
District leaders said the new schedule allocates two longer block periods (about 80 minutes each) and two shorter periods (about 48 minutes), plus one “floating” 45‑minute period that may appear in different places in a class’s weekly sequence. Officials said the design aims to protect block time so classes are not scheduled on consecutive days and to build predictable time during the school day for intervention, reteaching…
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