Originally Posted by Austin
Some schools are now pushing to reduce class loads, ie making students take just five classes rather than six so that some stuff can be added in to the core classes.
My dd13's high school has gone the opposite way. She has eight classes/semester not counting her "foundations" class that meets once/week and is essentially a life skills class. They accomplish this by having each class meet every other day. Even classes like history, math, english, and science meet every other day not daily.

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