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Parents, students and residents urge board to keep CTE entry courses on block schedule; deliver petition
Summary
During the board's open forum, three community members urged the Davenport Community School District to reverse a recent schedule change that reduces Career and Technical Education (CTE) entry-level classes from block periods to 45-minute sessions and delivered a petition they say contains more than 1,000 signatures.
At the Davenport Community School District board meeting, several parents and community members pressed the board to reverse a recent change that shortens entry-level CTE class periods to 45 minutes, saying the shorter period will not give students enough time for hands-on work and may prompt instructors to leave.
The petition, presented by Corey Carter, requests that the board “direct administrative leadership to revert the CTE classes back to block schedule for the 2025–26 school year” and says it carries more than 1,000 signatures. Carter cited Iowa Code 279.8b in the packet he provided to the board and said he will distribute the full petition…
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