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District’s high level of cost/ineffectively operated secondary school course
sections were attributable to the organization’s low critical student mass.
Over time, the Project Consultants concluded the cost/ineffectiveness of
Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s Secondary School class section sizes
will further, uncontrollably, worsen.
4.3 Senior High School Credit Course Offerings
The School District of Bruce—during the 2008-09 school year—operated
an eight period schedule with a period length of 46 minutes and passing
periods of 4 minutes. School hours extended from 8:20 a.m. through 3:20
p.m. Course offerings were typically designed on a semester or year-long
basis.
The Project Consultants examined the School District of Bruce’s Course
Description, 2008-2009 to ascertain course offerings which would be
made available to grade 9-12 students in Bruce High School during the
2008-09 organizational year.
Table 12-B reports that Bruce High School made available 70.5 credit
course offerings to high school students in grades 9-12 during the 2008-09
school year. Course offerings spanned 12 disciplines: agriculture; art;
business education/computer; English; family and consumer science;
mathematics; music; physical education and health; science; social studies;
technology education; and world languages.
High school students were afforded the broadest arrays of credit course
offerings in the following disciplines: technology education (11.5 credits);
mathematics (8.0); agriculture (7.0); business education/computer (6.5);
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