Block scheduling is the restructuring of the school day into classes that are much longer than the original 50-minute periods. A block schedule is different than the traditional 50-minute six to seven period days because it limits the number of classes in a school day to four and increases class time to 90 minutes. The proposed plan is to the disadvantage of the student. Students who miss a day of school due to any reason will be missing essentially two days from the traditional schedule. Some teachers will not adapt well and will have trouble teaching for 90 minutes and students that transfer to a new school in mid-year may not be in the same ciruculum.
             When students or teachers are absent they miss school and miss lessons. Students who are sick and miss school miss double the work than they would normally miss in the traditional schedule. There are some classes that require you to learn directly from teachers, and if you miss class you will fall behind and you may not understand the next lesson. When teachers are absent they cause the students to miss two days of work. This causes the students to fall behind, and in the long run they will not learn all of the material needed.
             There will be some teachers who will not want to change their teaching strategy and will try to lecture for the entire 90 minutes. Teachers who continue to lecture or do activities that bore the students will make them lose interest in the class and mentally start wandering. This causes students to fall behind. There will also be those teachers who have weak teaching abilities who struggle and start to get slack at teaching the right amount of material. If this happens it could cause the students to become behind in the material they are supposed to know.
             Each year there are many students who transfer to a new school in the middle of the year. This could cause difficulties to a student transferring into a school with block scheduling. Block scheduling...