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Mustang High School proposes end to semester‑exam exemptions, bell‑schedule and graduation changes
Summary
High school leaders presented multiple proposals — removal of semester‑exam exemptions, move to a single bell schedule with a 0 hour option, open campus lunch for juniors/seniors, course realignment and preparations for new state graduation requirements — for board consideration in March.
Mustang High School administrators presented a package of proposed changes to the Board of Education including elimination of semester‑test exemptions, a new bell schedule that creates a built‑in lunch hour, an optional early “0 hour,” expanded course offerings and an open‑campus lunch proposal for 11th and 12th graders.
Principal Dr. Knowles and assistant principal Cody Little said the district has moved semester assessments to common benchmarks tied to college‑and‑career readiness standards; they argued exemptions by high‑grade students leave gaps in data used to improve instruction. “When students are exempt from those benchmarks, that creates problems…
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