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Mount Vernon High School proposes block‑8 schedule for 2026‑27 to expand student options
Summary
High school principal Brooke Thorpe told the board the school recommends switching from the current block‑4 model to an alternating block‑8 schedule for 2026‑27 to reduce learning gaps, increase dual‑credit compatibility and expand student course options; staff plan to bring a single action item for board consideration next month.
Brooke Thorpe, principal of Mount Vernon High School, presented a proposal on March 10 to change the high school schedule from the current block‑4 model to an alternating block‑8 schedule beginning in the 2026‑27 school year.
Thorpe said the high school has used a block schedule since the late 1990s but “we feel like we have outgrown our schedule.” The principal told the board the proposed block‑8 model would alternate four classes one day and four different…
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