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DNHS Principal Hopes New Schedule With Fewer Classes, More Time With Teachers, Will Help Students Get Back on Track After COVID
Del Norte High School principal Alison Eckart unveiled a new schedule that focuses on fewer classes, but more time with teachers. File photo: Andrew Goff
Citing an increase in students with failing grades or who are “off-track to graduate,” Del Norte High School principal Alison Eckart unveiled a new schedule that will, hopefully, make up for what her students lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting this fall, DNHS is trading in the six-period schedule for four periods, each lasting 90 minutes, Eckart told the Del Norte County Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
DNUSD Uses State Dollars to Build Tiny House Shop
Del Norte High School s first tiny house construction. Photo courtesy of DNUSD.
Del Norte Unified will use state Career Technical Education Facility Grant Program dollars to build a shop for Del Norte High School’s Tiny House program.
The Board of Trustees on Thursday, voted 3-0-2, in favor of a $921,011 contract with Pierson Company to build the facility. Trustees Frank Magarino and Jamie Forkner were absent.
The shop will be 30 feet by 50 feet with a 19 foot by 30 foot canopy in front, according to Steve Morgan, DNUSD’s director of facilities and construction.