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Committee reviews Dodd Middle School schedule options that would expand academic time and add advisory
Summary
District presenters outlined two schedule models for Dodd Middle School — a six-period day (54-minute academic blocks eliminating most iBlocks) and a seven-period staggered/trimestrial model — both would create a daily advisory block to support SEL and require at least two additional teachers for implementation.
District staff presented two alternative schedules for Dodd Middle School and described expected trade-offs for instructional time, unified arts and staffing.
The six-period model would create longer core periods (about 54 minutes), eliminate most iBlocks for general students and yield an extra roughly 1,620 minutes of instructional time per academic subject over the course of a year (about 10 minutes per day per core subject). The seven-period staggered model would keep shorter but more frequent core periods…
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