Students at Green Bay’s four major high schools will have the opportunity to take longer classes next school year, but will see shorter lunch periods after the Green Bay School Board approved a change to high school schedules on Oct. 27.
Starting in September 2026, students at East, Preble, Southwest and West will be on the same schedule, which will include seven 50-minute class periods. Classes will be able to be “blocked” into longer periods. Advisory will stay the same or get longer, depending on the current schedule, while lunch will unanimously get shorter.
The decision followed an hour-long School Board debate over how long lunch should be and, ultimately, whether the board has the authority to legislate a school schedule itself. The board voted only to align all four school schedules, with board members Alex Mineau and Andrew Becker voting no…