What are the primary differences between the two high school schedules-Salem High School and Windham High School?
Under a “4X4” high school schedule, each student is responsible for only four courses at any one time. This can allow students to concentrate their studies and their efforts as they focus on only four subjects, and this may be considered beneficial. However, others have noted that students can experience long gaps of time between sequential courses, such as mathematics or world language study. A student might study Spanish II during the fall semester of one school year and not study Spanish III until the spring of the NEXT school year. This pattern has been cited as a limitation of the “4X4” schedule design. Performing arts classes that perform throughout the entire school year also cite scheduling difficulties when instruction occurs in a “4X4” model. Under an A/B schedule, a student does not experience these gaps in the sequencing of courses or learning experiences. The student continues to study each (and every) subject during the course of the entire school year. For example, a stu
