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Parent and staff voices worry about block schedule, homework and lesson planning
Summary
During the same meeting, a public commenter and a committee member discussed logistics for a school event and raised concerns about block scheduling, student homework completion, and the workload on teachers if lessons must be rewritten quickly.
A public commenter raised concerns about high school scheduling and student workload, saying she worried students "don't do homework anymore" and questioning whether teachers could rework lesson plans on a six-month timeline.
The commenter described practical issues about arriving for a school event and access to the auditorium, then shifted to instructional concerns: whether block scheduling (eight classes per day in the commenter’s description) would affect student success and homework completion. The commenter said redoing lessons in six months would be a heavy burden on teachers.
A Committee member who said they had experience as both a teacher and a student described breaking instruction into "three 30 minute lessons" under block scheduling and compared learning outcomes to the previous seven-period day. The member emphasized that any schedule requires good staff and communication to be effective.
The transcript records the concerns and comparisons but shows no formal action, motion, or policy decision on scheduling in the provided segments.
