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District begins high school block scheduling for 2025–26; administration offers resources and professional development
Summary
Dr. Langlois said high schools are scheduling for a block schedule beginning in 2025–26, holding parent information nights and building resources such as a Google Classroom for families and staff. The district plans teacher professional development and updates to scope-and-sequence documents.
Dr. Langlois told the committee on April 3 that the district’s high schools are currently entering course requests and building master schedules for a block schedule to begin in the 2025–26 school year.
He said all high schools held parent information and scheduling nights; the district created a Google Classroom to house scheduling resources and to centralize documents for families and staff. Dr. Langlois said the change is intended to increase elective opportunities and deepen instructional time, with parents and students in a presentation noting the schedule will increase credit opportunities from 28 to 32 "blocks" and provide hour-and-a-half class periods for deeper study.
Professional development and curricular changes: the district has scheduled professional development for teachers to adapt from 50-minute class periods to 90-minute blocks, including Kagan training for interested high school teachers and curriculum specialist committees updating scope-and-sequence documents to align course progressions and career-technical education pathways.
Why it matters: administrators said the change will create more opportunities for students to earn industry credentials and take additional electives; Dr. Langlois described networking among high schools to share ideas and build master schedules collaboratively.
Quotes from participants in a recorded parent/staff video shown at the meeting were included in the presentation; those excerpts were not attributed to named individuals in the transcript and are presented as comments captured in the district video.
Next steps: high schools are finalizing course requests and master schedules; the district will continue to post resources in the Google Classroom and provide professional development this summer.
