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Roundabout Middle School move to a 9-period day would add teachers, new classes under proposed budget

BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT · April 24, 2026
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The district said converting Roundabout Middle School from an 8-period to a 9-period day would require roughly the equivalent of three full-time teachers and add sixth-grade health, a transitional sixth-grade class, seventh-grade electives and an eighth-grade hands-on technology class.

Superintendent Matt Landau described a major instructional change in the proposed budget: converting Roundabout Middle School from an 8-period to a 9-period day, a shift the district said would require roughly the equivalent of three full-time teachers.

Landau said the change would create a sixth-grade health class and a "welcome to sixth grade" course focused on study skills and acclimation. Seventh graders would be…

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