Has your high school made any great changes? If so, what were they?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Even before my son started high school last year, I got involved in several local initiatives ... to change the early start time (currently 7:30), to weight honors and AP classes (all grades are currently unweighted), to reduce class size (30+ in many), and to evaluate the homework policy (lots of talk of unnecessary stress but no action).</p>

<p>So here's my question:</p>

<p>Has your high school made helpful changes in these areas ... or in ANY other areas ... that you really like? If so, please explain.</p>

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<p>Great job!</p>

<p>Well, at my school, it used to be that you could only miss 5 unexcused days a 9-weeks, and only doctors notes made it excused, but now, if you have any note at all (parents, etc) then it<code>s considered excused. Everyone</code>s really happy about that because if you got 6 or more unexcused absence days, you had to attend Saturday School.</p>

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<p>Maybe not such a hardship. Did you ever see The Breakfast Club? ;)</p>