BLOOMINGTON BASE THREE PLAN FOR SMALL HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

A CURRICULUM PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE BLOOMINGTON, WISCONSIN, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TO EXPAND CURRICULUM OFFERINGS BY 30 PERCENT USING EXISTING TEACHING STAFF AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES. THE SCHOOL DAY IS DIVIDED INTO 21 MODULES OF 19 MINUTES EACH. SEVEN MODULES ARE GROUPED INTO A BLOCK. THREE BLOCKS CONSTITUTE A SCHOOL DAY. THE SCHOOL YEAR IS DIVIDED INTO THREE QUARTERS OF 13 WEEKS EACH. AT LEAST TWO ACADEMIC STUDENTS ARE TAKEN FOR ONE QUARTER AND THEN DROPPED, WITH TWO OTHERS SUBSTITUTED. ONE TIME BLOCK EACH DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS DEVOTED TO MANIPULATIVE SKILLS. TEACHER PREPARATION TIME CONSTITUTES ONE THIRD OF THE TEACHING DAY. RESULTS WILL BE TABULATED AND CATEGORIZED FOR FINAL EVALUATION AT THE END OF THE 1966-67 SCHOOL YEAR. (JM)