BOZEMAN, Mont. — A more structured block schedule is being implemented at Bozeman and Gallatin High Schools in fall 2024. For some faculty and staff, the current bell schedule needs improvement.

A block schedule means students will not attend every class every day. Instead, they’ll have certain classes one day and the rest on another day, allowing for longer, uninterrupted instructional ...

In high school, our days were scheduled in blocks. I never went. But the block-scheduling system, sometimes used in junior high or high school programs as an alternative format that mirrors college ...

Of all the tasks that fill a school leader’s summer, none carries more weight—or has more lasting impact—than building the master schedule. Each year, I return to one essential question: Do the ...