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VUSD 8 Period Schedule Presentation

Rancho Buena Vista and Vista High School Focus

Rationale: RBV and VHS students should be provided the

same course opportunities as MVHS as well as neighboring high schools.

• RBV has a structural problem with scheduling that makes it overly difficult for its

diverse population to reach their academic potential. RBV is an “outpost” school that loses students to neighboring district schools and charter schools that offer more course opportunities.

• VHS has the same structural issues, but must also fit in XQ courses. VHS students

will be able to better complete A-G courses along with XQ courses.

• Investing in an 8 period schedule will allow RBV and VHS students to be

competitive with neighboring districts and retain students who would otherwise opt for neighboring district high schools/charter schools. Logically, this schedule change will help pay for the investment by attracting and retaining students.

Why an 8 period model?

Numbers

6 period scheduling limits

• students. 7 period scheduling

is logistically difficult for both the master schedule and teacher contracts. 8 period scheduling can be seamlessly implemented.

Year Long Student Needs

A 4x4 schedule is fast

• paced. It may be

appropriate for MVHS, but RBV and VHS serve different populations that would better benefit from year long courses. This model provides students the additional classes within the scope of the instructional day to meet their personalized needs.

LCAP

According to district goals students should be enrolled in CTE, science, A-G, and VAPA courses. Under the current model RBV and VHS struggle to meet those goals.

The End Game: High School Graduation and A-G (College) Requirements

The End Game: The California Dashboard for VUSD High Schools

The Problem: 6 Period Schedule

Limits course options, which challenges students’ ability to be competitive and meet A-G (college) requirements. Limits enrichment course

• pportunities.

Limits intervention, support, remediation, credit recovery, and/or

• ther course needs.

Diploma Bound Special Education Student 6 Period Schedule 8 Period Schedule Possible Solution 1 Freshman Seminar/Challenge Freshman Seminar/Challenge 2 Quantitative Reasoning Quantitative Reasoning 3 Study Skills Study Skills 4 English 9 English 9 5 Drama 1 Drama 1 6 PE PE 7 Marine Biology 8 Spanish 1 Does not have any room in schedule to enroll in an additional elective such as a foreign language or science (a-g). This student may also have a reading intervention program that would also take from their available periods.

The Solution: 8 Period Schedule

Allows students more courses. Allows for intervention, support, remediation, credit recovery, as well as enrichment courses. Allows students to become more academically competitive with their peers at other schools.

ELD 3 Student Current Schedule 8 Period Schedule Possible Solution 1 Freshman Seminar/Challenge Freshman Seminar/Challenge 2 Integrated Math 1 SEI Integrated Math 1 SEI 3 ELD 3 ELD 3 4 ELD 3 ELD 3 5 Academic Earth Science SEI Academic Earth Science SEI 6 Aerobics Aerobics 7 Art 1 8 Spanish for Spanish Speakers 2 In the 6 pd. day the student does not have any room in their schedule to enroll in an elective such as art or science. This schedule is similar for students who have our reading intervention courses. A current ELD student struggles to meet all graduation requirements on a 6 pd. schedule.

Teachers & Contract

6 Period Day 8 Period Day Daily Student Contacts 165 165 Courses Taught 5/6 6/8 Prep Periods 1 2 Side Letter Required No Yes Additional Teachers No Yes

Staffing Formula

VUSD Staffing Formula: [Student pop./avg. class size(165 total/day) ] /6 (classes taught per day) x 8= RBV: Current RBV FTEs 84 (73 Gen. Fund + LCAP + Categorical) 8 period FTEs Needed 92 NEW FTEs Needed 8 VHS: Current VHS FTEs 98 (Gen. Fund + LCAP + Categorical) 8 period FTEs Needed 110 NEW FTEs Needed 12

Funding

Per LCAP: $266,556,017 district budget .9%: $2,399,004.153 or less is needed to fund

Implementation for 2019

A sense of urgency

January 2019

Presentation to the board.

March 2019

High School Registration occurs

June 2019

Course changes as needed by students

August 2019

Registration and final

• schedules. Back to

school! Final budget deadline.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

February 2019

Registration Presentations at the high schools.

Master Schedule Creation June 30, 2019

Who Benefits?

Students benefit with being able to fit all their needs in a daily

• schedule. Class size averages

will decrease, allowing for more 1-1 attention. A competitive schedule, leads to a competitive school, which leads to a positive reputation. Teachers benefit with the ability to teach additional electives. Teachers gain a prep period. The district benefits with ADA by attracting and retaining students. The DO will be better prepared to meet its established goals.

Students School District

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How will this impact students? A: Students will be able to take additional courses and be able to better personalize their schedules. Schedules will vary based on student interest and/or student needs. Students will only need to do homework for a given class every other night. Q: How will this impact teachers? A: Teachers will be responsible for teaching 6/8ths instead of the current 5/6ths. Teachers may increase the number of preps due to the addition of electives within their content area. They will gain a conference period to help them better prepare for their courses. Overall class size averages will decrease because of the additional course being taught, but the 165 daily student contacts will remain the same. Q: Will teachers want to teach new electives and/or support classes? A: Yes! For example, with 98% of the staff voting at RBV high school, 89% of teachers approved this schedule with enthusiastic support for starting new electives. Q: Is this master schedule challenging to create? A: Yes. The master schedule will need an administrator dedicated just to it in order to make the transition to an 8 period day. VHS has consultants through the XQ grant who can assist admin with the master schedule. RBV does not have those consultants and only has 3 APs so Rancho would need to use an AOSA while the RBV principal and AP create the master schedule.

RBV Bell Schedule

Monday Tuesday-Friday

P.D. 7:30 - 8:24 Period 1 8:30 - 9:04 34 minutes Period 2 9:10 - 9:44 34 minutes Nutrition 9:44 - 9:53 9 minutes Period 3 9:59 - 10:35 36 minutes Period 4 10:41 - 11:15 34 minutes Period 5 11:21 - 11:55 34 minutes Period 6 12:01 - 12:35 34 minutes Lunch 12:35 - 1:09 34 minutes Period 7 1:15 - 1:49 34 minutes Period 8 1:55 - 2:29 34 minutes Block 1 & 5 7:30 - 9:00 90 minutes Nutrition 9:00 - 9:08 8 minutes Block 2 & 6 9:14 - 10:44 90 minutes Block 3 & 7 10:50 - 12:20 90 minutes Lunch 12:20 - 12:54 34 minutes Block 4 & 8 1:00 - 2:30 90 minutes

VHS Bell Schedule

Collaboration 7:30 - 8:24 Block 1 & 2 8:30 - 9:45 75 minutes Nutrition 9:45 - 9:53 8 minutes Block 3 & 4 9:59 - 11:14 75 minutes Block 5 & 6 11:20 - 12:35 75 minutes Lunch 12:35 - 1:07 32 minutes Block 7 & 8 1:13 - 2:28 75 minutes Block 1 & 2 7:30 - 9:00 90 minutes Nutrition 9:00 - 9:08 8 minutes Block 3 & 4 9:14 - 10:44 90 minutes Block 5 & 6 10:50 - 12:20 90 minutes Lunch 12:20 - 12:52 32 minutes Block 7 & 8 12:58 - 2:28 90 minutes

Monday: Tuesday-Friday