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The six-year plan adopted at last week’s meeting in accord with stated requirements calls for the board t<* “say aye or nay to a seven-perio<t school day” at the end of next year.i Dr. Gangel replied. I
“If we offer more, we’re going to have to find some more time,” Mrs.Massie said, asking for updates on; curriculum in the coming months, j
“I have a strong feeling for? seven,” remarked board member Paul Nichols. Students face a di-i lemma in wanting to take classes inJ addition to the expanding list ofi those required for graduation buf are not able to do so “because there’s not enough time,” he said.
The option of a seven-period day,' “from the student’s perspective, ismostly good,” the superintendent agreed. But the staffing and budget impact must also be considered, he added. Under state regulations, “it doesn’t matter if you have 12 periods; in a day, a single teacher can teach only five periods,” Dr. Gangel noted/
Mrs. Massie stressed that budget implications of going to seven periods must be discussed with the Board of Supervisors “before we get! too far in the planning process.” ;
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