We will look at five major areas. Data will be gathered to monitor the success of the schedule. These areas include achievement, attendance, discipline, drop-out rate, and graduation rate. No major change in current programs is anticipated. Students who have had difficulties with academic eligibility will now be focusing on fewer classes and, therefore, increase their likelihood of success.
Attendance is crucial to achievement.
It is especially so in a block schedule. A student will miss a great deal of instruction in each extended block. However, under the traditional schedule, a student misses six periods in a day, and in a block schedule a students misses only four periods. Students need to contact only four teachers to make up work. It is also reasonable to assume that teachers will have more time to work with make-up concerns in a block schedule.