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Mount Vernon board approves move to 8-block schedule and updates course catalog

Mt Vernon Community School Corp Board of Trustees · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Board approved updates to the high school course description book to implement an 8-block schedule next year, adjust midyear graduation requirements, change athletic eligibility thresholds, add and drop courses, and revise dual-credit and yearbook offerings.

The Mount Vernon Community School Corporation board approved updates to the high school course description book that support a shift from the current four-block daily schedule to an eight-block schedule for the 2026-27 year.

A presenter from the high school (speaker 10) outlined changes: the district will move the midyear (junior) graduation application window to May of the sophomore year, require students seeking midterm graduation to fit all classes into the first semester under the new block schedule and take the second part of…

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