Four-Day Rotating Schedule FAQs

Students do not have the same class the same time each day.  This provides variety for both the students and staff.  For example, students who are generally not “morning” people will not have the same class the first period each day. Students involved in sports who need to leave early on a given day will not miss the same class each time their team has a need to leave school before dismissal.

Students can take up to eight courses. Only six classes meet each day - three in the AM wheel and three in the PM wheel.

The day number schedule can be found on the district and school websites, the LRHSD app and is posted on the closed circuit televisions around the building. 

The school day following an unplanned school closing will be the day number that was missed. For example, if school is closed on a “Day 2” the next day school is in session will be “Day 2” and students will follow the classes scheduled for that day.

Each class is 57 minutes. Community Lunch & Learn is 50 minutes.

Longer periods provide more time for continuous instruction. Fifty-seven minute classes allow for more active learning opportunities. Longer periods provide time for research, framing the lesson, discussion, practice and closure as well as and other active learning strategies. The LRHSD teaching staff is trained in the Research for Better Teaching program, which promotes active learning to improve student engagement.
By eliminating much of the passing time (the time students are in the hallway getting to and from class) needed with an eight period day, at the end of the school year students receive approximately 33 additional hours of daily instructional time in a six-period schedule. And a five-credit course, for example, will gain an additional 135 minutes of instruction.

Community Lunch and Learn is a time set aside in the middle of the day to encourage a sense of community among students and staff.  It gives students an opportunity to eat together, as well as pursue enrichment interests.  Lunch is served in various locations throughout the buildings throughout the entire Community Lunch and Learn time.  In addition to the cafeteria there will be kiosks and snack stands situated throughout the building where students can purchase food.  Students are able to purchase food and move around the building in designated areas.

There will be a variety of locations designated by each school where students will be able to sit and eat lunch.  The cafeterias, media centers, and gymnasiums are some locations where students may eat.  There will be a seat for every student and students will be made aware of all possible eating locations through their building.

Administrators and staff are assigned supervision duties in all hallways, large group eating areas and computer labs.

• Use the media center for research or to complete assignment
• Schedule appointments with guidance counselor
• Enable time for peer counseling, tutoring, or peer mediation
• Get extra help with school work

Teachers will communicate their availability during Community Lunch and Learn.

This schedule allows for more flexibility for students and staff to meet during the Community Lunch and Learn.  After school help is available and will be handled individually based on teacher and student schedules.  Club meetings will meet after school, but there is flexibility in the middle of the day for staff to meet with students as necessary.

Labs occur when the actual class meeting time touches the lunch throughout the four-day rotation.  On days when this happens labs will “push” into the Community Lunch and Learn time by 20 minutes.  Students will have the remaining 30 minutes for lunch.

Yes. Since lab sciences will push into the Community Lunch and Learn time, students are free to select more than one lab science course per year.

There is no designated homeroom period. Five minutes will be added to the first class of the day to take attendance, conduct the Pledge of Allegiance, and relay announcements.

As part of our continuous training and drilling for emergency situations, all students will be trained to evacuate to predetermined locations where they will report to their “Day 1, Period 1” teacher. Regardless of what day of the week it is, “Day 1, Period 1” will be the consistent grouping in an evacuation; the “Day 1, Period 1” teacher will use their roster to account for every student.