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Hundreds of written and in-person commenters urge Lake Oswego board to keep middle school 'rainbow' schedule

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Students, teachers and parents urged the Lake Oswego School District board to retain the current 'rainbow' middle school schedule and oppose a proposed shift to a seven-period day tied to staffing reductions.

More than three dozen speakers who submitted written testimony and multiple students, teachers and parents who spoke in person urged the Lake Oswego School District Board of Directors to keep the district's current middle-school "rainbow" schedule and to avoid a proposed move to a seven-period schedule tied to personnel reductions.

Students and teachers said the rainbow schedule — longer class periods with fewer daily transitions — supports in-class instruction, labs and student supports. "Our current schedule allows the workload to be spread out... If we were to go to the 7 period schedule, we would have math and math homework every day," said Paige Powers,…

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