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When it becomes time to talk about scheduling you can often feel the tension rise as everyone\u2019s values and beliefs are put on the table in the\u00a0attempt to make everyone happy.<\/p>\nWhen it becomes time to talk about scheduling you can often feel the tension rise as everyone\u2019s values and beliefs are put on the table in the\u00a0attempt to make everyone happy.<\/p>\n
In many cases the term \u201ceveryone\u201d often refers to adults and omits what works best for students.<\/p>\n
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The intent of this post is to offer some guiding questions and lenses to think through, that can help folks expand the range of what is possible within your schools context, while better meeting the needs of young adolescents.\u00a0They’re meant to give some structure to\u00a0scheduling conversations so that they’re hopefully easier to grapple with while firmly centering the needs of students.<\/p>\n
Easy, right?<\/p>\n
Additionally, the license to do something different, to allow the needs of students to drive incorporating flexibility in multiple areas of our schools, has never been stronger. I would encourage everyone to look that this challenge as an opportunity.<\/p>\n I think Spicoli said it best in Fast Times at Ridgemont High: “Technically, this is\u00a0our<\/strong> time.\u201d A\u00a0movie — say it with me — before its time<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"rethinking](\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/11327599914_b3209a89cb_z.jpg\")
<\/a>The time is now to engage in these scheduling conversations. Although in recent times there have been many new rules, policies, faces, and directions, Best Practices in the Middle Level Education<\/a>\u00a0(pdf) has remained a guiding beacon incorporating many of these concepts before they were rules or laws.<\/p>\n