A fast paced quarter system (example: current summer class structure) is not at all conducive to proper understanding of any subject matter hence considering it for the entire year would hamper learning in these foundation years.
With online learning looming upon the upcoming year our school district needs to consider how much more stress it wants the students to bear while rushing through a quarter system with less than adequate help and guidance!!
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Rajesh Patil
6 years ago
Not a good idea to follow quarter system. Even though you have less subjects to cover, it is difficult to grasp some concepts quickly in a quarter. It is better to learn more subjects in a semester, than learning few subjects in a quarter, so that you absorb the concepts at a decent pace, and have time to catch up if there are any unexpected time off's for teacher or student.
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Casey Teague
6 years ago
This does not seem to be in the best interests of students, parents and staff to me.
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Diana Siler
6 years ago
I am strongly opposed to the quarter system. I do not believe accelerate learning for one quarter, no learning for that same class in the second quarter will benefit the students. For seniors in particular, you're outsourcing their teaching to community colleges, with online models and teachers they've never interacted with, which won't be successful for my senior. Quarters also won't allow for the necessary AP preparation. Please consider an alternate 1-7 model that better fits how students successfully learn.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
The quarter system proposal would be detrimental to any student’s learning and teacher’s ability to teach effectively. Definite NO.
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Angela Mueters
6 years ago
There has to be a better solution than this.
I disagree on the de-masking is dangerous though.
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Udayan parvate
6 years ago
These are unprecedented times. Adults are having tough time getting adapted let alone our teenage kids, who are already under lot of stress and anxiety due to new situations although they may not be showing it all as typical teenagers do.
You add a complex, fast paced quarter school system in HS onto them , they will never forget this when they grow up and will not remember these times fondly. We need to support the HS students of this district and not create additional new situations for them and their teachers.
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Udayan parvate
6 years ago
These are unprecedented times. Adults are having tough time getting adapted let alone our teenage kids, who are already under lot of stress and anxiety due to new situations although they may not be showing it all as typical teenagers do.
You add a complex, fast paced quarter school system in HS onto them , they will never forget this when they grow up and will not remember these times fondly. We need to support the HS students of this district and not create additional new situations for them and their teachers.
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Micaela March
6 years ago
I don't like the idea. That is not a good way for my child to learn . Rushing them is not a good solution so I don't like the quarter system.
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Lucy Kilbridge
6 years ago
Other ideas would be better than this one
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Lisa Murphy
6 years ago
No Quarter systems! This doesn’t help with the exposure challenge/issue and the change is not a productive learning model.
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Stuart and Marla Singer
6 years ago
This a poor idea. Rushing any class in half the time is a disadvantage to students from every angle.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
It’s bad
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Jose Quinonez
6 years ago
Our family is opposing the recommended quarter system.
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Paul Naselli
6 years ago
I am against this change
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Denise Warner
6 years ago
I don’t want this intense type of teaching for my child on her final year . My child really enjoys school the socialization as well as the academics she looks forward to going to school every day and to end her final year stressed out is not OK with me. Hi hope there will be a better compromise than this quarter system.
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Lijie Zhong
6 years ago
No quarter
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Jennifer Eckert
6 years ago
As an English teacher, I strongly oppose the quarter system. Students are already behind, and cramming a semester of English into a 9-week period is INSANE. English courses teach, on average, 2-3 texts a semester, and students write 2-3 different types of papers (narrative, expository, persuasive, research…) it is UNREASONABLE to expect skill development of those writing genres in 9-weeks of study and consumption of that quantity of texts.
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Lily Jow
6 years ago
The idea of the quarter system may be a creative proposal. However, cramming material in a shortened period with less instruction time due to distance learning is not a reasonable solution. The risk of students falling behind and not having the instructional support as you would in person, is too high. I vote against this proposal.
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Eunice Nichols
6 years ago
Research on summer learning loss shows that "on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning, (2) declines were sharper for math than for reading, and (3) the extent of loss was larger at higher grade levels." We cannot with good conscience implement a system that builds in this level of learning loss, not once, but FOUR times a year.
A fast paced quarter system (example: current summer class structure) is not at all conducive to proper understanding of any subject matter hence considering it for the entire year would hamper learning in these foundation years. With online learning looming upon the upcoming year our school district needs to consider how much more stress it wants the students to bear while rushing through a quarter system with less than adequate help and guidance!!
Not a good idea to follow quarter system. Even though you have less subjects to cover, it is difficult to grasp some concepts quickly in a quarter. It is better to learn more subjects in a semester, than learning few subjects in a quarter, so that you absorb the concepts at a decent pace, and have time to catch up if there are any unexpected time off's for teacher or student.
This does not seem to be in the best interests of students, parents and staff to me.
I am strongly opposed to the quarter system. I do not believe accelerate learning for one quarter, no learning for that same class in the second quarter will benefit the students. For seniors in particular, you're outsourcing their teaching to community colleges, with online models and teachers they've never interacted with, which won't be successful for my senior. Quarters also won't allow for the necessary AP preparation. Please consider an alternate 1-7 model that better fits how students successfully learn.
The quarter system proposal would be detrimental to any student’s learning and teacher’s ability to teach effectively. Definite NO.
There has to be a better solution than this. I disagree on the de-masking is dangerous though.
These are unprecedented times. Adults are having tough time getting adapted let alone our teenage kids, who are already under lot of stress and anxiety due to new situations although they may not be showing it all as typical teenagers do. You add a complex, fast paced quarter school system in HS onto them , they will never forget this when they grow up and will not remember these times fondly. We need to support the HS students of this district and not create additional new situations for them and their teachers.
These are unprecedented times. Adults are having tough time getting adapted let alone our teenage kids, who are already under lot of stress and anxiety due to new situations although they may not be showing it all as typical teenagers do. You add a complex, fast paced quarter school system in HS onto them , they will never forget this when they grow up and will not remember these times fondly. We need to support the HS students of this district and not create additional new situations for them and their teachers.
I don't like the idea. That is not a good way for my child to learn . Rushing them is not a good solution so I don't like the quarter system.
Other ideas would be better than this one
No Quarter systems! This doesn’t help with the exposure challenge/issue and the change is not a productive learning model.
This a poor idea. Rushing any class in half the time is a disadvantage to students from every angle.
It’s bad
Our family is opposing the recommended quarter system.
I am against this change
I don’t want this intense type of teaching for my child on her final year . My child really enjoys school the socialization as well as the academics she looks forward to going to school every day and to end her final year stressed out is not OK with me. Hi hope there will be a better compromise than this quarter system.
No quarter
As an English teacher, I strongly oppose the quarter system. Students are already behind, and cramming a semester of English into a 9-week period is INSANE. English courses teach, on average, 2-3 texts a semester, and students write 2-3 different types of papers (narrative, expository, persuasive, research…) it is UNREASONABLE to expect skill development of those writing genres in 9-weeks of study and consumption of that quantity of texts.
The idea of the quarter system may be a creative proposal. However, cramming material in a shortened period with less instruction time due to distance learning is not a reasonable solution. The risk of students falling behind and not having the instructional support as you would in person, is too high. I vote against this proposal.
Research on summer learning loss shows that "on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning, (2) declines were sharper for math than for reading, and (3) the extent of loss was larger at higher grade levels." We cannot with good conscience implement a system that builds in this level of learning loss, not once, but FOUR times a year.