Lyman High School has restructured the school day into blocks longer than the traditional 50-minute class periods, thus removing the institutional rigidity of school scheduling practices. Interdisciplinary teaching, more labs, hands-on methods are used. So far, the state has eliminated all standardized testing below the 10th grade. The state has no formal system of testing employability skills. Companies pay for training.
Companies do no do paperwork or rotation schedules.
This was one of the bargaining tools. Summer paid apprenticeships, students are rotated. Summer paid apprenticeships students are rotated. Company reps. visit schools. Students are bused to all companies for open house.