- Continue to investigate the five-period trimester schedule as a viable option for Homestead.
- Continue to table other schedule options like an eight-period day (in which teachers teach six classes) until more research into the trimester schedule can be done.
- When research into the trimester schedule is complete, compare its pros and cons with the current schedule and other possible schedules that have been put aside for the time being.
Some people who have heard about the school's investigation into the trimester schedule are under the false impression that this schedule is the only one being considered. That is not the case. Nonetheless, because the trimester schedule is so different from our current one, it requires more extensive research to be best understood.
Parents, students, and faculty may have heard that the team was investigating the hybrid 4x4 block schedule (four grading terms [each nine weeks long], with students taking up to four classes per term [classes being approximately 90 minutes long]) as an option to be considered. As of Friday, the 4x4 block schedule is no longer being considered. Primarily, it was eliminated for financial reasons; based on recent inquiries to schools in the Upper Midwest that teach on the 4x4, team members determined that the 4x4 is not a schedule that the District could likely sustain given our current financial constraints.
