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Board tables academic scheduling policy to allow staff to define minimum block contact minutes
Summary
After an extended discussion about block schedules and the district’s "skinny" or fifth-period remediation time, the board agreed to table proposed scheduling language and asked staff to return with precise minimum contact-minute calculations by the March 7 work session.
The Madison County Board of Education on Feb. 20 tabled consideration of the academic guide scheduling component (line item G) so staff can provide precise contact-minute figures and ensure the district meets Carnegie-unit and state-hour requirements.
Board members and high school administrators engaged in an extended discussion about the district’s block schedule and the so-called “skinny block” (also called red zone, spark time or flex time in different schools), which the district uses for remediation, intervention and, in some schools, year-long core classes. The superintendent and several principals described a multi-year effort to refine…
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