June 20th, 2008
Boyertown Area School District Halts the Plans for Block
SchedulingAfter a
heated school board meeting on June 17th which proved an almost
unanimous demand from the community to halt the planning for
block scheduling, the Boyertown Area School District has decided
to not recommend block scheduling as a feasible means for
optimizing school scheduling time. Below is a letter from
Boyertown Area School District Superintendent Dr. Harry Morgan
addressing the decision:
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Dear Boyertown Area
School District Community:
As most of you are probably aware, there
has been much concern raised about the possibility of the
Boyertown Area Senior High changing to some type of block
schedule. We want you to know that we have heard your concerns
about changing our high school schedule. While we do believe
that we need to establish ways to better meet the needs of all
of our students at the high school, we have determined that we
will not recommend implementing block scheduling. There
were some questions about having block schedule in grades seven
and eight for science and social studies and we will not
recommend that change either.
We do have a committee that has
investigated utilization of time at the high school and we will
continue to examine possible ways to make our traditional
schedule stronger. We will, however, remain with a traditional
schedule. We invite the community to be involved in providing
input about making our traditional schedule more effective. If
you are interested in being involved in these discussions,
please contact our high school principal, Mr. Dan Goffredo at
610.473.3680 or email him at dgoffredo@boyertownasd.org.
We thank the community for their interest
in the education of the Boyertown Area School District students.
Sincerely,
Harry W. Morgan, Ed.D.
Superintendent
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Links:
Boyertown Area School
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