The schedule allows teachers to accomplish projects that otherwise wouldn t get done or take weeks to finish. The lab work was completed in two class periods. Under the old schedule, the work would have taken two weeks. Wildcat parents visit the school and create a positive presence for students in the cafeteria. These and other parents through the school s Site Council were involved in helping plan the alternating day schedule.
Students don t fall through the cracks, and, teachers can coordinate curriculum.
They talk about the kids and about teaching. The school also added an interscholastic sports program, a student recognition program to reward exemplary behavior, and an advisory program. The number of suspensions last year declined 63 percent. Also, the number of students suspended from class declined by 12.1 percent. Student academic performance jumped, as seen by higher state test scores.