To: Vashon Island School District
VISD: Keep the current trimester schedule at VHS
Please keep the schedule at VHS the same as it currently is, with a Trimester 5/70 schedule.
Why is this important?
Reasons you should want a trimester schedule:
1) More electives
2) More credits on graduation, making students more competitive when applying to higher education. (70 minute periods make the credits work out to the state requirements)
3) There's no middle/high school mixing. (High School is then different, making it an exciting new challenge for Middle Schooler's, and something to look forward to.)
4) Classes that are 2/3 of year turn into full year in semesters, forcing students to take classes they do not enjoy for longer, and thusly creating a resistance to learning. People like change in classes for more exciting experience.
5) Tris are longer classes. Therefore students have more work time with teacher assistance and better labs.
6) Having semesters is not popular among students, or parents. This means less money is donated because of less support to school district, and commuters won't want to come, losing the district even more money. The parents of commuters and the commuters students like Vashon because it's unique, it has a ton of interesting electives, and semesters makes less uniqueness and less electives.
1) More electives
2) More credits on graduation, making students more competitive when applying to higher education. (70 minute periods make the credits work out to the state requirements)
3) There's no middle/high school mixing. (High School is then different, making it an exciting new challenge for Middle Schooler's, and something to look forward to.)
4) Classes that are 2/3 of year turn into full year in semesters, forcing students to take classes they do not enjoy for longer, and thusly creating a resistance to learning. People like change in classes for more exciting experience.
5) Tris are longer classes. Therefore students have more work time with teacher assistance and better labs.
6) Having semesters is not popular among students, or parents. This means less money is donated because of less support to school district, and commuters won't want to come, losing the district even more money. The parents of commuters and the commuters students like Vashon because it's unique, it has a ton of interesting electives, and semesters makes less uniqueness and less electives.