Since the mid-1980s, secondary schools across the country have changed or considered altering their traditional class schedules to block scheduling. Since the mid-1980s, secondary schools across the country have changed or considered altering their traditional class schedules to block scheduling. Broken Bow High School has joined the ranks of schools who are debating whether to make a change. Superintendent Tim Shafer said school officials believe that students are not reaching their full learning capability in an eight-period day.
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What is happening is great, but we can do better. School officials have been studying the issue since the 1995-96 school year, conducting their own research and visiting schools with block scheduling. Now they are ready to present a potential plan to the public. School patrons are invited to hear the plan and make comments at a special school board meeting set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the middle school auditorium. A semester course would take only one quarter to complete.