District staff presented a recommended transition to a single, consistent hybrid high‑school schedule across all four comprehensive high schools at the Oct. 13 work session and asked the board to approve moving ahead for implementation in the 2026–27 school year.

What the proposal includes

- Core features: A consistent daily schedule across all high schools with a mix of longer ‘‘blockable’’ periods (proposed at roughly 100 minutes) and shorter periods; students take seven credits per year. The proposal preserves a 30‑minute advisory period every day to support student connection, intervention and graduation planning.

- Instructional time: The hybrid model increases total instructional time (the presentation cited an added ~42 hours per year) while allowing courses to be offered as year‑long (daily) or blockable (longer periods for applied learning, labs and capstone work).

- Lunch and student movement: To preserve instructional time the plan shows multiple staggered lunch periods (the draft illustration showed four lunch waves). Board members expressed concern that more lunches could create an operational path toward a closed‑campus lunch and asked staff to model variations (fewer/larger lunches, additional passing time) to evaluate student wellness and logistical impacts.

Board discussion and next steps

Trustees asked the administration to (1) finalize which courses departments propose to block (department chairs are leading that work), (2) address teacher preparation and curriculum redesign time (several board members asked the district to make teacher planning time available to redesign curriculum for longer blocks), (3) model changes to lunch duration and number of lunch waves and (4) confirm scheduling timelines so students may select courses through the normal December/January selection windows.

District staff said the motion to adopt the change will be brought to the board on Oct. 27 and that if the board approves the direction, detailed Infinite Campus scheduling work and teacher supports will follow so students can make course selections in the winter. The board did not vote Oct. 13; several trustees voiced support for the hybrid approach provided the district answers outstanding implementation questions, especially around lunches and teacher preparation.

Ending

If approved on Oct. 27, the district will implement targeted supports for teachers to redesign lessons into longer blocks and will provide families and students with a course‑selection timeline tied to the updated schedule.