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Secondary principal reports modest enrollment change, new courses and supports as district adjusts to schedule change
Summary
District administrators reported opening-of-school data: the high school had 717 students on Oct. 1; new college-level statistics and interdisciplinary art/business courses are rolling out; the district is monitoring flex use and homework data while introducing Wayfinder SEL and StudentSquare.
Administrators opened Thursday’s meeting with an overview of the school year’s start, enrollment and programming, and described early observations after the district’s schedule change.
The secondary administrator reported enrollment of 717 students on Oct. 1 and said the high school introduced college-level statistics for the first time this year and added two interdisciplinary art-and-business courses that will run together in the second semester. "We are well into our school year, with the next quarter beginning in about a week or so," the administrator said.
Officials highlighted new communication and student support systems: ParentSquare has produced roughly 200 posts and engaged about 289 families; StudentSquare (a student-facing version of ParentSquare) was scheduled to launch to students the following week. The district also began a linked-tutoring program that assigns trained peer tutors to support students during flex, and continues peer-tutor options scheduled immediately after school.
Administrators acknowledged concerns raised by students about the later start time and the loss of some before/after-school help. They reiterated that the district provides roughly 3.5–4.5 hours of flex per week (about 7–9 flex periods over a rotating schedule) and that MyFlex Learning data can show how often students sign up for extra-help slots. "We're committed to making sure every student has the resources that they need to be successful," the secondary principal said.
District staff said they are collecting homework time data three times a year over three-week sampling windows; recent aggregated figures showed average homework times across middle grades in the range of about 50–60 minutes in a three-week sample, and the mode of reported student homework last year was about 80 minutes. Administrators said they will continue to examine homework expectations, cluster-level differences and study-skill programming. They also noted the district’s emphasis on artificial intelligence literacy as an area for curriculum work.
Committee members asked for comparative flex and after-school help data and for more granular reports on how flex is being used relative to historical after-school attendance. No formal decisions were taken; administrators said they would follow up with data in the coming weeks.
