NAMPA — On Jan. 26, the Nampa School District announced that its high schools will operate under a new schedule after over two decades with an A/B block schedule. This decision has come after feedback from a hesitant community and was seemingly abrupt.
“It wasn’t done in a vacuum, but it is a decision that’s made by the superintendent’s administrative team,” Kathleen Tuck, NSD director of communications, said.
“They’ve talked about this quite a bit with principals and a lot of folks across the district.”
NSD Superintendent Greg Russell decided on the schedule change with advisement from his administrative team, Tuck said. This included program directors for the district.
School board members and principals have been a part of discussions, but were not a part of this team.
The schedule change was also discussed at a school board meeting before the final decision was made to move from four-period days on a semester calendar to six periods a day and a trimester calendar.
The schedule change is yet another cost-saving measure that will go into effect the next academic year, following the district’s December decision to close four schools .