The Halton District School Board is one of at least two boards planning to abandon the “quadmester” system for high school students come September.
The Ministry of Education issued a directive that school boards allow only two 150-minute classes each day. This is to prevent kids from mixing with too many of their peers, for fear they might spread COVID-19.
The pre-pandemic norm was 300 minutes of class time, usually divided into 60-minute periods.
The Halton board, along with the Toronto District School Board, are opting for a “modified semester” system.
Students would take four courses per term, alternating which two courses they take each week.
The quadmester system, put in place for the 2020/2021 school year, saw students take two courses at a time for a period of roughly nine weeks.
The Halton District School Board said it would prefer to offer standard semesters without the overlong classes.
The modified semester system will allow them to switch to such a model partway through the academic year if the provincial government allows it.
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