Schools
New North Andover High Schedule Approved For 2021-2022 Year
The school will switch to a semester schedule after more than a decade with trimesters.
NORTH ANDOVER, MA — North Andover High School will switch to a semester schedule for the 2021-2022 school year after the School Committee approved a proposed change Thursday.
The committee gave the new schedule unanimous approval.
The school will leave behind the trimester schedule that has been in place for over a decade. Trimesters were introduced in 2008 due to shortages of staff, funding and resources, High School Principal Chet Jackson said in an introduction to the new plan.
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With five new positions in next year's budget, the high school will finally have enough teachers to move to a semester model.
"The new teaching positions are needed for North Andover High School to return to a scheduled structure that best fulfills the academic and social-emotional needs for our students," Jackson said.
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Under the semester schedule, core classes will run Sept. to June while electives will be for 90-day semesters. More details on the scehdule change are available here.
Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.
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