Hamilton Southeastern Schools Board of Trustees heard a presentation Jan. 8 about a plan to update the district’s junior high school schedules to improve learning and provide consistent scheduling at all the district’s junior high facilities.
Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools Jason Urban told the board that the district’s four junior highs have been operating on different schedules, which actually helped in planning the new schedule because there were different active models providing data.
He said aligning the schedules will benefit students moving forward.
“To kind of bring all junior highs together under a common schedule, one is guaranteed common experience for our students,” he said. “The other thing is, if we are under a common schedule, we can learn a lot about instruction. If we all have this common structure for instruction, and if we have a common structure for intervention and enrichment, it helps our staff grow in how we meet the needs of students.”…