<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0CEHiy_1Gzh8UnV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0CEHiy_1Gzh8UnV00" width="1200" height="1045" ></figure>Starting in the 2027-28 school year, a new policy will restrict the number of blended classes District 203 students can take.The policy includes updated numbers of blended classes each grade can take and number of blended days per week. In a message to District 203 parents, the administration explained their decision to change policies.“[The district’s] goal is to ensure blended learning provides students with meaningful flexibility while maintaining strong instruction, relationships, support, and accountability,” the district stated. While the district’s mission with blended learning, to provide flexible time for students to learn, has stayed the same, administrators initiated this change due to attendance issues. Naperville North Principal Jay Wachtel explained how blended classes have caused these absences.“In a lot of cases, [blended is] creating a pretty significant attendance issue… If you had lunch, let’s say sixth hour, a blended seventh hour class, and you were blended, coming back for that eighth period class [is] really a challenge [for students],” Wachtel explained. With the updated policies, freshmen will be allowed zero blended classes in their schedule. Sophomores will be allowed to take one, and juniors and seniors will be allowed to take two. Exceptions will be made for electives available only in a blended format or seniors participating in capstone experiences or internships. Additionally, teachers will not be able to blend on a regular schedule (for example, blending every Tuesday and Thursday), and they will blend fewer times per week. Maddie Bowman, a Naperville North junior who excels in blending, explains her frustration with the new blended policy. “The new blended policy is punishing kids who have proved they can succeed in blended classes,” Bowman said. “I understand that blended may not be for everyone, but that is why it should be a privilege.” Ultimately, the district agrees that blended is a privilege, and these changes were made to recognize this privilege. In the statement to parents, the district explained how with blended comes responsibility. “Blended learning is designed to provide students with greater flexibility and ownership—but that flexibility also comes with greater responsibility,” the district explained. </div></body>

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Starting in the 2027-28 school year, a new policy will restrict the number of blended classes District 203 students can take. The policy includes updated numbers of blended classes each grade can take and number of blended days per week. In a message to District 203 parents, the administration explained their decision to change policies.

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Starting in the 2027-28 school year, a new policy will restrict the number of blended classes District 203 students can take. The policy includes updated n

District 203 updates their blended learning policies

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