The DeKalb Central school board approved the block schedule during its meeting Tuesday evening.
A block schedule replaces a more traditional schedule with longer class periods that meet fewer times each day and week.
In a memorandum to the board, high school Principal Marcus Wagner and middle school Principal Matt Vince outlined the reasons they recommend staying on a block schedule.
âAs we all know, the 2020-21 school year has presented many challenges and we have been compelled to make many changes as a result of COVID-19. Some of those changes have turned out to be extremely well-received by our students, staff and families. One such change was our block schedule,â the memo stated.
The short Trips, Friends, Night & Destiny (Los viajes, los amigos, la noche y el destino), screens at the OUTFEST Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival. (Courtesy: OUTFEST Fusion)
Attend the L.A. Times Festival of Books from the comfort of your couch. Watch bicycle-themed flicks or works by queer BIPOC filmmakers. Tune in, turn on and drop out during a day of serenity. Celebrate 20 years of music at The Hotel Cafe. Fill out your Oscar ballot during AirTalk s FilmWeek preview. Enjoy kimchi quesadillas, a literal sausage fest, vegan ice cream and duck confit enfrijoladas.
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To celebrate the fourth season premiere of its series
Snowfall, FX hosts a themed carwash with lights, music, design and effects inspired by the series. Set in L.A. in the 1980s during the first crack epidemic, the crime drama returns on Feb. 24. Reservations for the car wash are required as this is a contactless event. FX is also teaming with Official Black Wall Street to highlight the show and a selection of Black-owned L.A. businesses.
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Fizaa Dosani hosts the latest installment of Your Late Night Show Tonight on Nowhere Comedy Club s Zoom. (Courtesy of Nowhere Comedy Club)
“Rianto: Hijrah”
Choreographer and dancer Rianto interrogates traditional and contemporary dance and gender fluidity in his native Indonesia in this collaboration with filmmaker Garin Nugroho. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. $10. redcat.org
“Art”
International City Theatre in Long Beach opens its 36th season with a virtual production of Yasmina Reza‘s Tony-winning comedy about a dispute between three longtime friends about what is and isn’t art. Available on demand Thursdays-Sundays through March 7. $30 per household. ictlongbeach.org
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“Death”
Los Angeles Opera streams this three-part digital short that tracks composer Tyshawn Sorey’s creation of a musical setting of a poem by Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). With mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms and pianist Howard Watkins. Available anytime on demand beginning Friday. Free. laopera.org, facebook.com, youtube.com